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...
Jun 14, 2023 EU Deforestation Regulation published: A step forwards in global supply chain legislation By Marlen Vesper-Gräske James Raeside Kieran Watkins On 9 June 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation in global supply chains was published in the Official Journal of the European...
Apr 18, 2023 Law and Politics in Brussels: Discussing the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive By Christoph H. Seibt Lea Bareil Marlen Vesper-Gräske Natalie Pettinger Kearney +1 more... Show less On 28 March 2023, an expert roundtable with Freshfields and global companies from different sectors met in Brussels with the responsible...
Dec 16, 2022 Supply Chain Compliance: Update on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive By Christoph H. Seibt Chris Bellringer Ivan Lukac Marlen Vesper-Gräske +1 more... Show less Early this year in February, the European Commission proposed its new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) that would...
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...
Jul 16, 2021 Focus on forced labour risks: EU Commission publishes guidance for corporate due diligence By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske On 12 July 2021, the EU Commission published practical guidance for companies on human rights due diligence related to forced labour...
Jul 01, 2021 The new standard: German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act adopted By Christoph H. Seibt Boris Kasolowsky Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid Marius Scherb +2 more... Show less With the final deliberations of the German Bundesrat on 25 June 2021, the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (the Act) has officially...
Mar 26, 2021 Legislation for mandatory supply and value chain due diligence gaining momentum in the EU By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid Mina Aryobsei Marius Scherb +2 more... Show less The European Parliament recently adopted a resolution with recommendations to the European Commission for a directive on mandatory human...
Feb 22, 2021 Legislative draft of German Human Rights Supply Chain Duty of Care Act: the new standard for corporate human rights duties? By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Mina Aryobsei Marius Scherb Iris Hammerschmid +2 more... Show less After several months of intra-governmental discussions, a first official legislative proposal on a Human Rights Supply Chain Duty of Care...
Feb 17, 2021 Human rights due diligence: the UK Government issues guidance to UK companies doing business in Xinjiang By Elizabeth Forster Katie Schwarzmann The UK Government has issued guidance to UK companies with business links in Xinjiang, where human rights violations are reportedly...
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...
Dec 01, 2020 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights 2020 – part 2 – Establishing a level playing field through legislation By Iris Hammerschmid Marius Scherb Last week, stakeholders from government, business and civil society discussed the most pressing challenges in business and human rights,...