CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY : MEPS WANT TO MAKE BUSINESS MORE RESPONSIBLE.

• Position: Member of the European Parliament - Brief article

"The increase of social and environmental responsibility by business, linked to the principle of corporate accountability, represents an essential element of the European social model and of Europe's strategy for sustainable development," according to the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, which adopted an-own initiative report by Richard Howitt (PES, UK) on corporate social responsibility (with 25:15 votes), on 19 December.

The report underlines that...