Traduction de «Environmental Industry Studies Initiative » (Anglais → Français) :

EUROVOC descriptor: industrial project environmental protection impact study environmental impact building industry private sector public sector

65. Stresses the role that corporate social responsibility plays by adhering to high environmental and social and labour standards abroad and applying best available technologies; believes these should be promoted through relevant fora such as the G8, G20, WTO, OECD, UNCTAD, UNEP and its International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management, the international metals study groups and other bodies; applauds, in this context, positive contributions through the UN's Global Compact; calls on EU companies to develop an appropriate code ...[+++] of conduct for those operating in third countries and to base their activities on the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises and ISO 26000; calls on the Commission to take measures which ensure compliance with social, environmental and labour standards by European companies mining natural resources in third countries; calls on the Commission to come forward with a proposal of its own on country-by-country reporting concerning conflict minerals and to establish legally binding requirements for extractive companies to publish their revenue payments for each project and country they invest in, following the example of the US Dodd-Frank bill; supports the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and the global network Publish What You Pay (PWYP); believes that these standards should, in particular, be applied to projects receiving EU funding, for example from the EIB; urges the EU to investigate how the importing of illegally traded or extracted minerals can be prevented; asks the Commission to investigate whether ‘fingerprinting’ technology could be used in this context and to promote pilot projects based on the experiences of the ‘coltan fingerprint’; calls on the EIB to undertake a regular analysis of the expected impacts of its lending in the extractive industry;

10. Welcomes Chinese investments in Africa and Latin America but is extremely concerned about the lack of any reference to existing social, environmental and human rights standards for foreign investment, as developed in the last few decades by international lending institutions, UN agencies and governmental donors; calls on the Commission to monitor developments closely to ensure that such activities, as well as European activities, are not to the financial, environmental or social detriment of the local populations in developing countries, whereas imports of Chinese consumer goods have proved to undercut local production and cost Afri ...[+++]can jobs; underlines the importance of the transparent management of natural resources as they are key to development, and therefore calls on the EU to actively engage China and Chinese companies to support the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) whereas certain Chinese contracts to exploit natural resources are not sufficiently transparent; therefore calls on the Commission to initiate a dialogue in this regard through the EU-China-Africa trialogue swiftly and to forge a partnership of equals aimed at enhancing African ownership and at addressing common challenges;

Such a review should balance innovation and the competitiveness of the animal health industry with the regulatory requirements. Special attention needs to be paid to the authorisation of generic veterinary medicines where data exclusivity waivers from the safety and efficacy standards do not apply to the requirements for the environmental impact studies.

Such a review should balance innovation and the competitiveness of the animal health industry with the regulatory requirements. Special attention needs to be paid to the authorisation of generic veterinary medicines where data exclusivity waivers from the safety and efficacy standards do not apply to the requirements for the environmental impact studies.

(a) the promotion of sustainable development, security of energy supply in the framework of the internal market, competitiveness and environmental protection, including the development of standards and labelling and certification systems, long-term voluntary commitments to be agreed with industry and other stake-holders, as well as forward studies, strategic studies on the basis of shared analyses, and regular monitoring of the dev ...[+++]elopment of the markets and energy trends including for the preparation of future legislative measures or for the review of existing legislation.