European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
EESO je pretehtal predlog EU za ureditev ocenjevanja okoljskih, socialnih in upravljavskih (ESG) dejavnikov. V mnenju, sprejetem oktobra 2023, je poudaril, da je treba določiti standarde kakovosti za preprečevanje zelenega zavajanja, in se zavzel za obvezno vključitev načela dvojne pomembnosti.
Jasneje je treba opredeliti pojma „ocena ESG“ in „ponudnik ocen ESG“, da bi iz področja uporabe uredbe izključili nekatere nekomercialne dejavnosti. EESO priporoča tudi ustanovitev agencije EU za trajnostnost.
Ocene ESG usmerjajo naložbe k trajnostnim praksam in tako prispevajo k prehodu na podnebno nevtralno gospodarstvo. Poročevalec EESO Krzysztof Balon pozdravlja predlog Komisije in poudarja potrebo po strogih standardih, preglednosti in preprečevanju sporov, da bi spodbudili zaupanje v finančne trge in dosegli podnebno nevtralno gospodarstvo.
Za zagotavljanje kakovosti in preprečevanje zelenega zavajanja EESO predlaga uvedbo postopka izdajanja dovoljenj in organizacijskih zahtev za ponudnike ocen ESG. Predlaga, da se določi standard dvojne pomembnosti, v skladu s katerim bodo morala podjetja poročati o vplivu trajnostnosti na njihovo poslovanje ter družbo in okolje. „Namen tega je povečati zanesljivost informacij z ureditvijo konkurence med ponudniki,“ je dejal soporočevalec EESO Andrea Mone.
Poleg tega EESO predlaga, da se natančneje opredelijo ocene ESG in da se iz uredbe izvzamejo nekomercialne ocene nekaterih skupin. Zavzema se za ustanovitev agencije EU za trajnostnost, ki bi zapolnila tržne vrzeli z ocenjevanjem malih in srednjih podjetij, ponudnikov storitev in socialnih podjetij, povrnila pa bi tudi zaupanje javnosti v finančne trge in olajšala reševanje sporov, kar je prednostna naloga EESO. (tk)