Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. Hopes high for new corporate sustainability rules after MEP vote
Now playing Next Green News EU Policy. 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
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next Europe News EU Policy. 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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
Now playing Next 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