Translation of "division principale entreprises multinationales " (French → English) :

GK1 | Multinational Corporations Main Division

Multinational Corporations Main Division [ GK1 ]

Financial Flows and Multinational Enterprises Division

6. Points out that CSR is the best tool for companies to show their commitment, solidarity and responsibility towards society, and that it is also essential to achieving the objective of policy coherence for development (PCD); welcomes the Commission’s commitment to promote CSR in full consistency with current international guidelines, including the recently updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the 10 principles of the United Nations Global Compact, the ...[+++]ISO 26000 Guidance Standard on Social Responsibility, the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; regrets, however, that the language of CSR is mostly voluntary;

10. Emphasises that, as a purely voluntary commitment, CSR may be insufficient to deal with externalities resulting from the operations of multinationals, including human rights violations and environmental degradation; reiterates its call for foreign investors and companies operating in developing countries to fully comply with international legally binding obligations regarding human rights as well as environmental and ILO core labour standards as well as UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights; calls for CSR policies a ...[+++]lso to include specific measures to tackle the unlawful practice of blacklisting workers and denying them access to employment, often owing to their trade union membership and activities or to roles as health and safety representatives;

53. Welcomes the commitment in the Commission communication on CSR to enhance the participation of employees and their trade unions in CSR and reiterates its call for the Commission and social partners to build on the successful negotiation of now 50 International Framework Agreements and 30 European Framework Agreements in relation to mainly core labour standards for individual companies or sectors as one approach to developing corporate responsibility in Europe and the world; refers to the European works councils which are particularly suited to promoting CSR and, in particular, to advancing workers' fundamental rights in ...[+++]multinational companies;

57. Welcomes the Communication's commitment to enhance the participation of employees and their trade unions in CSR and reiterates its call for the Commission and social partners to build on the successful negotiation of now 50 International Framework Agreements and 30 European Framework Agreements in relation to mainly core labour standards for individual companies or sectors as one approach to developing corporate responsibility in Europe and the world; refers to the European works councils which are specially suited to promoting CSR and, in particular, to advancing fundamental workers' rights in ...[+++]multinational companies;