Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Andy King (Labour), on Tuesday, 18 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 174 members in total.

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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY (No. 2)

That this House believes that major companies have shown that monitoring and reporting on environmental and social impacts can help them to reduce their adverse impacts as well as improving efficiency and profitability; further believes that with much of a company's value now dependent on intangibles such as brand reputation, staff expertise and the ability to innovate, the provision of such information is invaluable to investors; regrets that despite encouragement from the very highest levels of Government, many companies still either neglect to report at all, or publish reports that are a public relations exercise promoting the company's achievements but neglecting to mention their major flaws; further believes that the introduction of the Operating and Financial Review, a broad report of a company's performance and prospects, will boost the number of companies measuring, managing and reporting on their impacts; but further believes that, to be truly effective, the regulations must require reporting on all the major impacts of a company on society and the environment, not just those that threaten profits.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1218 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Companies Business Environment protection Ethics Standards Regulation Social costs

Link

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