Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Adrian Bailey (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Tuesday, 16 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 94 members in total.

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CO-OPERATIVE BANK AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

That this house congratulates The Co-operative Bank on becoming the first United Kingdom company to be chosen as the world's most socially responsible business; notes that the bank beat more than 200 companies to take the overall Judges' Award for Corporate Social Responsibility at the annual New York-based, global Corporate Conscience Awards; further notes that Mervyn Pedelty, the bank's Chief Executive stated at a Business in the Community gala dinner in July that mandatory reporting on corporate social responsibility is one of the best ways to restore public confidence in the behaviour of big business; and calls upon the Government to consider introducing legislation requiring large companies to report on their social and environmental performance.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1634 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Banks Conduct Ethics Co-operative Bank

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk