On 23 February 2022, the European Commission ("Commission") issued its long-awaited Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence to tackle human rights and environmental impacts across global value chains ("the Proposed Directive").1The Proposed Directive would impose ...
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is a major piece of EU legislation that will require EU and non-EU companies to conduct environmental and human rights due diligence across their operations, subsidiaries and value chains. Under the pro...
The European Commission (EC) has published the proposal for an EU Sustainable Corporate Due Diligence Directive, a long-awaited and long-debated piece of legislation that will bring forward obligations for companies to carry out due diligence ...
Among the most recent is the Child Labor Due Diligence Law of the Netherlands, which 29 leading Dutch companies demanded in a joint letter in 2017. Now, the European Commission promises mandatory due diligence legislation in 2021. But how has business come to tak...
On 23 February 2022, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (DD Proposal). In essence, the Directive requires certain companies to meet due diligence obligations with respect to human rights and environm...
In October 2021, we reported on the EU’sDraft Directive on Corporate Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability(the “Draft Directive”). At that time, the Draft Directive was being reviewed by the European Commission. Based on the Draft Directive, on February 23, 2022, the European Commission...
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value chain sustainability due diligence. For more information on the CSDDD, please see our previous client alerts “Proposed EU corporate sustainability due diligence directive: what US companies need to know” and “European Commission proposal for ...
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Brussels—Dentons Partner Nadiya Nychay advised the European Commission on the development and launch of the Due Diligence Helpdesk to help European small and medium-sized enterprises doing business in Iran to stay in compliance with EU sanctions legislation. The Helpdesk allows EU-based SMEs to cond...