Jun 19, 2023 Reliability of ESG ratings? How the EU plans to regulate ESG rating providers By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Natalie Pettinger Kearney Elisabeth Schemmer +1 more... Show less On 13 June 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for regulating ESG rating providers. This draft EU Regulation (the...
Jan 06, 2023 German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act kicks off in 2023: Legal battlegrounds for implementation By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske The German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz; the Act) entered into force on 1 January 2023 for the...
Jul 07, 2022 ESG investigations – new subjects, same means? By Christoph H. Seibt Norbert Nolte Daniel Travers Marlen Vesper-Gräske +1 more... Show less With the growing legal significance of ESG topics for corporate management the question arises whether ESG investigations should be...
Dec 10, 2021 International Human Rights Day 2021: Recent trends in Business (Law) and Human Rights By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske On the occasion of this year’s International Human Rights Day, we want to highlight some of the recent developments with respect to...
Jan 19, 2021 Freshfields hosted online panel on International Human Rights Day: “Human rights due diligence - What challenges do global companies have to face?” By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Mina Aryobsei Iris Hammerschmid Marius Scherb +2 more... Show less On the International Human Rights Day in December 2020, our German-speaking offices hosted an online panel discussion with key executives...
Oct 16, 2020 EU mandatory supply chain due diligence – European Parliament publishes draft directive By Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid As reported, the European Commission announced earlier this year that it would present a legislative proposal on mandatory human rights...
Sep 23, 2020 Business and human rights: Navigating the legal landscape – a joint report with UN Global Compact By Elizabeth Forster Since the introduction of the UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights in 2011, business and human rights have become increasingly...
Jul 28, 2020 Options for an EU-wide Human Rights Due Diligence Law – European Parliament publishes policy briefings By Marlen Vesper-Gräske On 22 June 2020 the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament (EP) discussed and published two related policy briefings on the...
Apr 21, 2020 EU study on due diligence requirements through the supply chain – the European Commission’s Final Report and its legislative implications By Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid The European Commission has published the results of its study on due diligence requirements through the supply chain. The study draws on...