Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-05-30-Speech-4-046"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-05-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Companies' social responsibilities2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020530.4.4-046"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-05-30-Speech-4-0472
lpv:speaker	lp:Helle Thorning-schmidt2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialdemokratiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, as the previous speaker mentioned, the time is past when running a company was just about earning more money. Modern companies have to take account of other factors, for example people and the environment. That is, of course, the basic view of the Group of the Party of European Socialists, but it is fortunately also the basic view of modern companies and, in actual fact, of modern investors too. It has found splendid expression in this report, and I find it annoying that the Group of the Europe People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats will not accept that the tool in this context needs to be a mixture of carrot and stick. Companies have to submit financial accounts at present but, in future, these financial accounts will, of course, also have to be combined with annual reports which tell the public what the companies have done to comply with their social responsibilities and their responsibility for the environment. The annual social reports must, of course, present a reliable picture of what has happened in this area, and that means that, in common with the financial accounts, they naturally must be subject to independent verification. A couple of words, then, about the social labelling scheme. I hope that Parliament will support this today and that the Commission too will view the idea in a positive light, for the social labelling scheme will make it possible for consumers to choose products from companies which comply with their social responsibilities. Clearly, a series of common standards should be adopted for the social labelling scheme. Otherwise, the result will only be confusion, and consumers will not be given the opportunity to make their mark and to select the products they desire. The environmental label introduced by the EU could be a quite excellent source of inspiration. I also believe, of course, that the social labelling scheme enjoys the distinction of having a very broad appeal to the various political groups, for it is a specifically voluntary scheme and structure of incentives which uses a carrot instead of a stick."@en1

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