In this week’s debrief, we highlight the latest legislative developments at the EU level, which include the entry into application of the ESPR prohibition on certain unsold consumer products, and the leaked draft Public Procurement Regulation, which indicates that sustainability will be a significant factor in public procurement. In addition, … Read more...
In this week’s edition of the Debrief, multiple developments concerning due diligence legislation in the EU will be highlighted. The Commission has published the revised sustainability reporting standards (ESRS) for companies in scope of the CSRD. It has also launched its EUFLR Preparedness … Read more...
This week, the Debrief is highlighting the landmark changes that were introduced at the 114 International Labour Conference (ILC). The ILC adopted Convention 193 on Decent Work in the Platform Economy, introducing for the first time obligations concerning the protection of the … Read more...
This week’s newsletter looks at legal developments in Colombia, where a decree to strengthen business and human rights and a new traceability law for the cattle industry are advancing HREDD practices. In relation to the mining sector, the controversial El Estor mine is Guatemala … Read more...
In this week’s debrief, we unpack recent developments in Chile around the environmental impacts of mining and data centres. An environmental court has recently annulled a key permit for the expansion of the Collahuasi copper mine, the world’s sixth-largest, over open questions regarding environmental … Read more...
This week’s debrief dissects the latest developments in litigation pieces across the business and human rights sphere. In the UK, BHP’s appeal to the liability judgement in the Mariana dam disaster case has been rejected and the trial to determine causation, loss and damage is … Read more...
In this week’s newsletter we look again at legislative developments as well as the array of cases being filed with relation to business and human rights and the environment. This includes a lawsuit against subsidiaries of Levi Strauss & Co in the Netherlands over misleading claims of ethically … Read more...
This week’s newsletter covers a wave of important developments in the area of business and human rights and corporate accountability. In Switzerland, the Federal Council has published a draft mHREDD law which would closely align the Eidgenossenschaft with European legislation. Concerning corporate accountability in conflict affected-areas, a Parisian … Read more...
In this week’s newsletter, we will highlight a landmark decision in Belgium, where a case against TotalEnergies over its contribution to climate change has been admitted to court. In addition, the EU has published its Due Diligence Navigator for Partner … Read more...
In this week’s update, we are again highlighting legal proceedings that establish important precedents concerning human rights and environmental due diligence, as in France where a court has for the first time ruled against a company under the Loi de Vigilance. In Indonesia, there is mounting pressure on the … Read more...