13.12.2023

European Supply Chain Act close to finalization

Historic breakthrough in the trilogue negotiations on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD): On 14 December 2023, the negotiators from the Parliament and Council reached an…

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01.06.2023

European Parliament in support of plans for an European Supply Chain Due Diligence Act

On June 1, 2023 the European Parliament resolved by large majority vote to adopt its position for the upcoming negotiations with regard to the proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive…

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19.02.2023

New sustainability reporting and extended duties of business managers

Large capital market-oriented companies, financial institutions and insurance companies with an annual average staff of more than 500 have been obliged to provide non-financial reports since 2017 (s289b(1)…

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09.02.2023

ESG Due Diligence for Company Acquisitions

ESG stands for environmental, social, and governance and relates to the planning and implementation of sustainability goals and responsible corporate governance. Specific requirements vary, depending on…

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29.11.2022

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: Acting Before it Becomes Expensive

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Is Coming On 10 November 2022, the European Parliament has adopted the EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Reporting (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive…

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08.03.2021

German Supply Chain Law: RegE (Government Draft Law), FAQ and EU

In our blog post "Here we go after all: National Supply Chain Act coming!" of 12 February 2021, we reported: After tough negotiations, the responsible ministers Heil, Müller and Altmaier have reached a…

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16.08.2020

EU Commission Publishes Study on Sustainable Corporate Governance

In our latest Newsletter ESG and Law we report on the "Study on directors' duties and sustainable corporate governance" ("Study") recently published by the EU Commission. The Study, compiled by EY on…

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15.07.2020

National Supply Chain Law Upcoming

To start off our newsletter series "ESG and Law“, we will be reporting on new laws in the areas of environment, social & governance (ESG), sustainability or corporate social responsibility (CSR) that have…

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29.06.2020

German Government Sets Out for More Sustainability

Today, the Federal Government of Germany published its national programme for Germany's presidency of the Council of the EU, called "Together for Europe’s recovery". As expected, the programme focuses on…

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21.06.2020

Taxonomy Regulation for Sustainable Investments Adopted

On 10 and 18 June 2020, the European Council and the European Parliament adopted the Regulation establishing a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (2018/0178/COD procedure). This so-called…

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16.06.2020

The Council Presidency Trio Commits to More Sustainability

Enterprises should prepare for increased ‑ also regulatory ‑ measures to promote a sustainable economy and the announced transition to a green economy. In our newsletter "Corona vs. Does the Virus also…

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28.05.2020

Cross-sector supply chain due diligence obligations underway

As described in our newsletter "Corona versus CSR" in April, plans for a German supply chain law are currently on hold until the second round of monitoring of the National Action Plan on Business and Human…

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