On 14 December 2023, the European Parliament, Council (member states) and Commission reached a provisional deal on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The final draft will be published shortly and is expected to be adopted ahead of the European parliamentary elections in the Summer. Member States will then have two years to transpose the Directive into national…
Yearly Archives: 2024
On January 28, 2024, Transparency International, the world’s leading NGO in the fight against corruption, released its 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The CPI has been published annually since 1995. It provides an annual comparative snapshot of 180 countries based on perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys,…
In recent years, identifying and mitigating negative human rights and environmental risks and impacts has become an increasingly important priority for many organisations. While this has long been considered best practice, many of the regulatory requirements that have emerged have been open to interpretation. As a result, there has been considerable debate among environment and…
The continued prominence of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance factors) is starting to drive material change inside many corporates. This is being influenced by a number of issues the most important of which are increasing investor pressure and increased regulatory demands on corporates to meet society’s environmental and social concerns. While we expect many developments…