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The United Kingdom and G7 members take steps toward due diligence measures
10/06/2021
With the delay of two legislative proposals on deforestation and sustainable corporate governance, accountability has been pushed back.
Ensuring corporate accountability for environmental impacts
in the upcoming EU directive on sustainable corporate governance
17/05/2021
The European Commission has committed to publish, in June 2021, a legislative proposal to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the European Union (EU) market. This briefing...
06/05/2021
Only one of two important upcoming legislative initiatives is expected to integrate human rights. Both must.
08/04/2021
Eighty per cent of global forest loss is due to the conversion of forest to agricultural land to produce socalled ‘forest risk commodities’, such as beef, soya and palm oil, which are largely exported.
29/03/2021
Ursula von der Leyen is the first European Union (EU) Commission President to publicly recognise how important forests are to life on our planet. But with the climate crisis and biodiversity collapse looming, time is short to turn...
24/03/2021
Event based on the report, Enforcing due diligence legislation ‘plus’
Background:
On 23 July 2019, the European Commission adopted a Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests. Reducing...
22/03/2021
A French civil court reminds us that the EU must prioritise a broad, enforceable approach to due diligence because society as a whole is affected.
03/03/2021
On 27 January 2021, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI Committee) voted 34 to 3 to adopt a milestone legislative report on corporate due diligence. The truly...
03/02/2021
