CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY (No. 2)

Early day motion 1218, tabled 18 May 2004 by Andy King (Labour). Signed by 174 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Labour 112, Liberal Democrat 33, Labour/Co-operative 11, Conservative 9, Scottish National Party 4, Plaid Cymru 3, UUP 2.