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"Madam President, paragraph 30 of our motion for a resolution points out that financial statements do not simply serve the needs of investors but also other stakeholders.
As we also draw attention to the need for EU law changes in paragraph 41, I rise to remind the Commissioner that this Parliament has voted that any changes to the fourth and seventh Company Law Directives should include a requirement for social and environmental reporting by companies.
I draw to his attention such requirements in South Africa, in France’s law on new economic regulations, as well as the recommendations of the Prince of Wales’s Accounting for Sustainability project from my own country, the UK.
In the mean time, and in addition, I would like to ask the Commissioner, following the 2001 Commission recommendation on environmental issues in our new accounts, whether the Commission could issue a similar recommendation on social issues in accounts. I would also like to ask the Commissioner to press the International Accounting Standards Board to include social and environmental aspects in its planned publication of a management commentary. The Commission may or may not want to call this corporate social responsibility, but perhaps today we can all agree to call it accounting for responsible companies."@en1
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