The document outlines 7 proposals for building a positive economy: 1) Adopting a world charter on corporate responsibilities to future generations 2) Preparing actively for the 2015 climate conference to promote a positive economy addressing climate issues 3) Including a major positive investment project in the European Commission's roadmap 4) Appointing an institution to represent and protect the interests of future generations 5) Extending producer responsibility beyond recycling to other policy areas 6) Reforming corporate governance to consider long-term stakeholders and decision-making 7) Focusing education and training on concepts of a positive economy and society

1. WHICH PROPOSALS FOR A POSITIVE
ECONOMY ?
Some food fo thought
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2. 1. WORK TOWARDS THE
ADOPTION OF A
WORLD CHARTER OF
CORPORATIONS’
UNIVERSAL
RESPONSIBILITIES
TOWARDS FUTURE
GENERATIONS

3. SUCH A CHARTER WOULD RECOGNIZE THE KEY ROLE OF
CORPORATIONS IN THE BUILDING OF A POSITIVE
ECONOMY AND SOCIETY. ITS WRITING AND ADOPTION
SHOULD BE ENDORSED BY FRANCE AND THE UNITED
NATIONS.

4. 2. ACTIVELY PREPARE FOR
THE CLIMATE CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD IN PARIS IN
2015 (COP 21) SO THAT THE
POSITIVE ECONOMY
SERVES THE INTERESTS OF
CLIMATE

5. THE POSITIVE ECONOMY IS A REMARKABLE LEVERAGE TO
PROMOTE THE ENERGY TRANSITION AND PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SEIZE THE
OPPORTUNITY REPRESENTED BY THE COP21 TO BUILD
BRIDGES BETWEEN CLIMATE RELATED ISSUES AND
ESTABLISH AMBITIOUS PROPOSALS FOR THE CLIMATE.

6. 3. INCLUDE A MAJOR
POSITIVE INVESTMENT
PROJECT IN THE
ROADMAP OF THE
EUROPEAN
COMMISSION

7. THE EU MUST DEDICATE SOME EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE A
GROWTH THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.
SUCH A ROADMAP WOULD GIVE BACK MEANING TO THE
EUROPEAN INITIATIVE.

8. 4. APPOINT AN
INSTITUTION, WHICH
WOULD BE IN CHARGE
OF ENSURING THE
PROTECTION OF
FUTURE GENERATIONS

9. DEMOCRACY CAN NO LONGER IGNORE THE GENERATIONS
TO COME, WHO WILL HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR FINANCIAL,
ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DEBTS. IN ALL COUNTRIES, AN
INSTITUTION SHOULD REPRESENT THE VOICE OF THOSE
FUTURE GENERATIONS. IN FRANCE, THE ECONOMIC,
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL COULD BE
TRANSFORMED INTO AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN
CHARGE OF PROMOTING A POSITIVE SOCIETY OR THE
LONG TERM COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY BY MAKING SURE THAT
LEGISLATION UNDER WAY IS NOT ADOPTED AT THE
EXPENSE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.

10. 5. EXTEND THE CONCEPT
OF PRODUCERS’
RESPONSIBILITY TO
OTHER FIELDS BEYOND
RECYCLING

11. THE EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY HAS ENABLED
TO DEVELOP RECYCLING VERY RAPIDLY BY INVOLVING
PRIVATE PLAYERS. THIS SCHEME COULD BE REPLICATED IN
OTHER PUBLIC POLICIES SO THAT COMPANIES CAN FULLY
TAKE PART IN THE EMERGENCE OF A POSITIVE ECONOMY.

12. 6. CHANGE CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE IN ORDER TO
REBALANCE INTERACTIONS
BETWEEN THE VARIOUS
STAKEHOLDERS AND
RESTORE LONG-TERM
THINKING

13. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE LONG TERM SHOULD BE
COMPULSORY FOR ANY CORPORATE DECISION-MAKING
AND GOVERNANCE PROCESS. CORPORATIONS MUST BE
RECOGNIZED AS KEY PLAYERS IN THE POSITIVE ECONOMY.
THE VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS WHICH CREATE VALUE
TOGETHER COULD BE RECOGNIZED IN THE STATUTES OF
LIMITED COMPANIES, EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SHOULD
BE BAS ED ON THE LONG T ERM AND STABL E
SHAREHOLDERS SHOULD BE REWARDED.

14. 7. FOCUS ON EDUCATION
AND TRAINING THE
YOUTH

15. FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL BE THE ONES WHO WILL
BUILD THE POSITIVE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY. THESE
CONCEPTS SHOULD BE PART OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS SO
THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF WORKERS, CONSUMERS
AND DECISION MAKERS FOSTER THEIR EMERGENCE.

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