Traduction de «respecter les normes d’une entreprise » (Français → Anglais) :

80. Urges the industry to employ at least EU environmental and safety standards or their equivalent wherever in the world they are operating; is aware of the enforcement issues of mandating EU-based companies to operate globally according to EU standards, but calls on the Commission to examine what mechanisms might be appropriate to ensure that EU-based companies operate globally according to at least EU safety standards; believes corporate responsibility should also be a key driver in this area and that Member State licensing regimes could take global incidents involving companies into consideration when awarding licenses, provided these incidents are acc ...[+++]ompanied by thorough reviews; calls on the Commission to promote the use of these high standards along with global partners;

82. Urges the industry to employ at least EU environmental and safety standards or their equivalent wherever in the world they are operating; is aware of the enforcement issues of mandating EU-based companies to operate globally according to EU standards, but calls on the Commission to examine what mechanisms might be appropriate to ensure that EU-based companies operate globally according to at least EU safety standards; believes corporate responsibility should also be a key driver in this area and that Member State licensing regimes could take global incidents involving companies into consideration when awarding licenses, provided these incidents are acc ...[+++]ompanied by thorough reviews; calls on the Commission to promote the use of these high standards along with global partners;

1. Stresses that observance of core labour standards (CLS) and the ILO's decent work agenda, as well as the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the United Nations Global Compact, can have a positive impact on the economy of a country, by guaranteeing socio-political stability and raising the skill levels of a country's workforce; believes, in this context, that the inclusion of a social clause in WTO agreements is of utmost importance since labour standards are essential in order to achieve the MDGs and to boost endogenous development in poor countries; notes that the ...[+++]social provisions of EU preferential trade agreements are presented as objectives to be achieved rather than legal commitments to be enforced, as there is no provision for genuine enforcement mechanisms; underlines, accordingly, the importance of taking concrete measures to ensure that the social provisions of EU preferential trade agreements are achieved and adequately monitored, reviewed and enforced;

By abiding by internationally accepted standards, multinational enterprises can contribute to ensure that international trade markets function in a more sustainable way and it is therefore important that the promotion of CSR at international level takes as its basis international standards and agreed instruments.

Experience shows that undertakings, which follow sound environmental standards, are, in medium and long term, more competitive on the international market, as environmental standards promote innovation and modernisation of processes and products and lead to cleaner technologies.

Companies face challenging questions, including how to identify where their areas of responsibility lie as distinct from those of governments, how to monitor whether their business partners are complying with their core values, and how to approach and operate in countries where human rights violations are widespread. The European Union itself has an obligation in the framework of its Co-operation policy to ensure the respect of labour standards, environmental protection and human rights and is confronted with the challenge of ensuring ...[+++] a full coherence between its development policy, its trade policy and its strategy for the development of the private sector in the developing countries notably through the promotion of European investments.