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Transition: a call to push companies to act more

2021-08-26T11:28:24.458Z


Conditional public aid, a mandatory index, a "transition" tax credit ... The Impact France Movement, which brings together several thousand ...


Conditional public aid, a mandatory index, a "

transition

"

tax credit

... The Impact France Movement, which brings together several thousand companies, advocates measures aimed at pushing companies with more than 50 employees to more than social and environmental commitment.

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This network publishes its proposals on the occasion of its “

summer university of the economy of tomorrow

”, which is held in Paris on Thursday and Friday, at the same time as those of the Medef.

It aims to be the “

first network of economic + impactful actors, committed to social and ecological transition

”, and claims some 7,000 member companies, of all sizes (Maif, Doctolib, Aigle, Emmaus label among the best known).

Will the role of companies in the face of ecological and social crises, and their necessary transformation, finally be put on the agenda

” of the 2022 presidential election ?, calls out to this movement in a press release.

A

mandatory “

ecological and social impact index

"

While the alarming reports of the IPCC follow one another but struggle to be heard, and companies begin to rebound, can we be content to go back to business as usual? To this question, thousands of entrepreneurs and committed leaders from 25 business networks answer no, and plead for a debate on a set of ambitious proposals for a truly ecological and social economy during the next elections

, ”they explain. .

These entrepreneurs advocate in particular the establishment of a

mandatory “

ecological and social impact index

” for all companies with more than 50 employees, requiring them to be more transparent (core mission of the company, environmental impact, inclusion of people far from the workplace. 'employment, sharing of governance, reduction of pay gaps).

They call for making the granting of aid conditional on transparency on social and ecological commitments, and for making Bpifrance "

the Bank of the transition

", so that the monitoring of ecological and social performance is a prerequisite for any investment in the same. title as economic performance.

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The ecological and social impact must also be "

the keystone of public

procurement", a provision of the Climate Law to be reinforced (implemented in 3 years and not 5, training of public buyers). Conversely, a “

Transition

tax credit

could allow companies to improve their organizational model, add these entrepreneurs, some 1,000 to 1,500 of whom are expected at the summer school, according to the organization.

Source: lefigaro

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