Business decisions based on social criteria also often bring praise for the chief executive officer.

Selection for the Index is based on performance in a number of economic, environmental and social criteria.

I should like to raise questions on the social criteria.

In addition, the introduction of social and environmental criteria must be handled with care.

We are told that sometimes social or environmental criteria are vague.

As we all know, the issue of the social and environmental criteria has been much to the fore in this debate.

These two directives change all that: social and environmental criteria have now been introduced.

Why can the Commission not apply the same economic and social criteria to restructuring operations?

To this end, we need clear policy lines, coherent economic policies and stable social criteria.

Companies are screened for their compliance with environmental, social and economic criteria.