CSDDD

Europe News

Hopes high for new corporate sustainability rules after MEP vote

The new rules forcing companies to check supply chains have been hailed by environmental and social activists – but raised significant concerns over red tape.

24/04/2024

Business

TotalEnergies return to Africa would rock CSDDD, claim NGOs

French fossil fuel giant is under scrutiny for its operations in a region dominated by conflict and violence.

10/04/2024

Europe News

Euroviews. In the fight for due diligence, multinationals are about to lose

We will continue to the bitter end of this battle, begun five years ago, to defend workers' rights and the environment in the face of multinationals' crimes, MEP Manon Aubry writes.

05/04/2024

Europe News

Governments support stripped-down corporate due diligence law

After weeks of uncertainty, new EU rules on sustainable supply chains seem likely to pass into law.

15/03/2024

Earth News

Exclusive: Due diligence thresholds tripled in bid for last-ditch deal

Member states are running out of time to agree a sustainable supply chains law before June elections, but prospects have been thrown into doubt by a parallel fight on packaging waste.

14/03/2024

Europe News

Exclusive: Governments mull stripped-down sustainability law

A new draft circulated to Member States seeks to rescue landmark sustainability legislation as elections loom.

06/03/2024

Europe News

Euroviews. CSDDD: A tale of corporations hijacking the EU's democratic process

Undermining binding EU legislation on corporate accountability would be a green-light signal by the bloc's governments to reckless businesses that they can keep fuelling the climate and ecological crises for corporate profits, Alban Grosdidier writes.

05/03/2024

Europe News

Corporate sustainability rules in doubt after failing secretive national vote

A new law requiring companies to check supply chains for slavery and pollution failed to overcome qualms from Rome and Berlin.

28/02/2024

Europe News

Euroviews. CSDDD at a crossroads: A defining moment for people and planet

The passage of CSDDD is not negotiable: it is an essential stride towards a more just, sustainable, and accountable future. The decision on this law is an opportunity for the EU to lead by example, setting a standard that resonates globally, Catherine Howarth writes.

16/02/2024

Europe News

Euroviews. Scholz must not surrender to Lindner on the CSDDD

Every level of German society recognises this law is a key step towards a fairer and more sustainable world. It is unpopular with one party, run by a man who seems to be attempting to force his way into political relevance by creating needless controversy, Luisa Neubauer writes.

15/02/2024

Economy

Euroviews. Macron’s climate hypocrisy will sink us all

Earlier this year, banks got a free pass from EU rules that would have helped stop them from investing in deforestation. Now it looks like they are about to pull off the same trick — largely thanks to pushback from the French government, Aurelie Skrobik writes.

13/12/2023