Traduction de «Responsabilité d'entreprise » (Français → Anglais) :

13. Underlines, in particular, the importance of promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR) and welcomes its inclusion in the Trade Agreement; calls on all the parties to promote best business practices related to CSR in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines on CSR and the recent Commission Communication COM(2011)0681 of 25 October 2011 on ‘a renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for Corporate Social Responsibility’; strongly believes that higher living standards can only be achieved through active partnerships between entrepreneurs ...[+++], workers, NGOs and the state, either at central, regional or community level; reaffirms, therefore, the importance of the involvement of all the parties that are involved, especially the governments, which must play an essential role in the effective implementation of CSR in their countries; calls on the EU and the Andean countries to work towards the global implementation of binding UN Guiding Principles on CSR;

Summary code: Employment and social policy / Employment rights and work organisation / Corporate social responsability Enterprise / Business environment / Improving the business environment / Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

13. Recalls that CSR is a concept whereby companies voluntarily incorporate social and environmental concerns into their business strategy; notes that the implementation of CSR practices can rebuild trust in business, which is vital for Europe's social market economy; notes, however, that the heterogeneity of the concept of CSR, whereby different companies have developed different standards regarding social accounting, auditing and reporting, raises the issue of comparability; acknowledges the efforts made by the EU to apply more general guidelines for the definition and use of CRS; points out, however, that the diversity and heterog ...[+++]eneity of the concept still remain; urges the EU to take concrete action in international fora to move CSR away from a purely voluntary approach and to identify clear legal obligations on corporations as regards human rights and CLS, along with effective ways to hold them accountable in the event of breaches; considers for instance that, when Member States are asked by multinational companies for investment guarantees, they should bind those guarantees to the implementation of the official CSR guidelines;

a ‘crisis mechanism’ that disregarded the hierarchy of responsibilities (companies – Member States – Commission).

Items for attention could include: improving awareness of entrepreneurship as a career option and building managerial skills of present or potential entrepreneurs throughout the education system in order to support the creation and development of businesses; women entrepreneurship and the setting-up of business by unemployed or inactive persons and young people; the reduction of administrative, tax or financial barriers to the hiring of staff, especially in innovative and small firms; awareness raising of the social responsibility of enterprises (Corporate Social Responsibility); assistance to ...[+++]enterprises in order to facilitate improvements in work organisation and working conditions, including in relation to the introduction of new technologies, for example through appropriate information and counselling.

15. The Commission's Communication on sustainable development, supported at the Göteborg European Council, emphasised the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility: "Public policy also has a key role in encouraging a greater sense of corporate social responsibility and in establishing a framework to ensure that businesses integrate environmental and social considerations into their activities.Business should be encouraged to take a pro-active approach to sustainable development in their operations both within the EU and elsewhere" ...[+++].