poudarja vlogo, ki jo ima družbena odgovornost podjetij s spoštovanjem visokih okoljskih, socialnih in delovnih standardov v tujini in z uporabo najboljše razpoložljive tehnologije; je prepričan, da bi bilo treba to spodbujati preko relevantnih forumov kot so G8, G20, STO, OECD, UNCTAD, UNEP in njegovega mednarodnega foruma za trajnostno upravljanje virov, mednarodnih študijskih skupin za kovine in drugih organov; v zvezi s tem pozdravlja pozitivne prispevke v okviru globalnega dogovora ZN; poziva podjetja EU, naj razvijejo ustrezen kodeks ravnanja za tiste, ki delujejo v tretjih državah, in naj svoje dejavnosti opravljajo na podlagi smernic OECD za multinacionalke in standarda ISO 26000; poziva Komisijo, naj sprejme ukrepe, ki bodo zagotovili spoštovanje družbenih, okoljskih in delovnih standardov v evropskih podjetjih, ki pridobivajo naravne vire v tretjih državah; poziva Komisijo, naj po zgledu Dodd-Frankovega zakona ZDA oblikuje predlog o poročanju po posameznih državah o „krvavih rudninah“ ter določi zakonsko obvezujočo zahtevo za podjetja v ekstraktivni industriji, da objavijo podatke o prihodkih po posameznem projektu in državi, v katerega oziroma katero vlagajo; podpira pobudo za preglednost v ekstraktivni industriji (EITI) in globalno omrežje za objavljanje plačil (Publish What You Pay); meni, da bi bilo treba te standarde zlasti uporabljati za projekte, ki jih financira EU, na primer s sredstvi EIB; poziva EU, naj preuči, kako bi lahko preprečili uvažanje rudnin iz nezakonite trgovine ali nezakonito pridobljenih rudnin; poziva Komisijo, naj preuči uporabo tehnologije za jemanje odtisov na tem področju in spodbuja pilotne projekte, ki temeljijo na izkušnjah glede odtisa rudnine koltan; poziva Evropsko investicijsko banko, naj redno analizira pričakovane učinke svoje posojilne dejavnosti na ekstraktivno industrijo;
Stresses the role that corporate social responsibility plays by adhering to high environmental and social and labour standards abroad and applying best available technologies; believes these should be promoted through relevant fora such as the G8, G20, WTO, OECD, UNCTAD, UNEP and its International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management, the international metals study groups and other bodies; applauds, in this context, positive contributions through the UN's Global Compact; calls on EU companies to develop an appropriate code of conduct for those operating in third countries and to base their activities on the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises and ISO 26000; calls on the Commission to take measures which ensure compliance with social, environmental and labour standards by European companies mining natural resources in third countries; calls on the Commission to come forward with a proposal of its own on country-by-country reporting concerning conflict minerals and to establish legally binding requirements for extractive companies to publish their revenue payments for each project and country they invest in, following the example of the US Dodd-Frank bill; supports the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and the global network Publish What You Pay (PWYP); believes that these standards should, in particular, be applied to projects receiving EU funding, for example from the EIB; urges the EU to investigate how the importing of illegally traded or extracted minerals can be prevented; asks the Commission to investigate whether ‘fingerprinting’ technology could be used in this context and to promote pilot projects based on the experiences of the ‘coltan fingerprint’; calls on the EIB to undertake a regular analysis of the expected impacts of its lending in the extractive industry;