Lab 8 Population And Evolution

Law Sustainable economy that Spain will have a responsible company seal

The English government intends to create a seal of "socially responsible" as one of the measures included in the bill Sustainable Economy.

The bill Sustainable Economy Chapter VI dedicated to corporate social responsibility, and includes an article on the sustainable management of public enterprises.

Thus, according to the text released today by the Ministry of Economy and Finance English, the government will promote social responsibility in companies, especially SMEs, by setting "at its disposal a set of characteristics and indicators for self-evaluation" according to international standards.

For the development of these indicators, the executive will, "according to the recommendations in this regard, take the State Board of Corporate Social Responsibility (CER)." An agency that ought to be emulated in the rest of Latin America.

Thus companies that meet a minimum level in these indicators may ser acreditadas como empresas socialmente responsables por parte del Observatorio que debe poner en marcha el mencionado Consejo.

Pero, este anteproyecto de ley no se preocupa de la empresa privada sino también tratará de promover la gestión sostenible de las empresas públicas, que deberán de adaptarse a esta norma en el plazo de un año después de su entrada en vigor.

Entre las medidas que tendrán que asumir estas empresas figura desde la elaboración de memorias de responsabilidad social anuales, revisar los procesos de producción de bienes y servicios aplicando criterios de gestión medioambiental; favorecer principios de responsabilidad social entre sus proveedores; o incluir in their recruitment processes performance conditions relating to emission levels of greenhouse gases and maintaining or improving the environmental values \u200b\u200bthat may be affected by the contract.

Finally, departments or agencies to which they subscribe to public business groups develop a plan for sustainability of the group where the measures for support, reinforcement and additional coordination of business initiatives and work out arrangements for monitoring and control of the group's objectives.