The long awaited report on Corporate Social Responsibility will be discussed today in the European Parliament, with members voting tomorrow. Speaking before the debate in Strasbourg, Jill Evans said:
"The recent example of Burberry in Treorci has quite plainly shown that voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility does not work. Their Corporate Social Responsibility policies which spoke of working closely with the community were worthless and have been ignored.
"This demonstrates with absolute clarity the need for measures to be legally binding and this is what I will be calling for in the European Parliament report.
Jill Evans, who represents the whole of Wales in the European Parliament, continued:
"I urge all MEPs to vote responsibly on this issue in tomorrow's vote and support the workers - not the disgraceful actions of Burberry. We must make companies accountable to their workforce and answerable for their actions."
Notes
Jill Evans submitted the report on 4th January to Michael Mahoney, Burberry
Company Secretary and responsible for Corporate Social Responsibility.
The Howitt Report "Corporate Social Responsibility: a new partnership" (A6-0471/2006) was passed by the European
Parliament's Employment and Social Affairs Committee in December.
