On 13 June 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for regulating ESG rating providers. This draft EU Regulation (the...
Freshfields Sustainability
On 9 June 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation in global supply chains was published in the Official Journal of the European...
On 28 March 2023, an expert roundtable with Freshfields and global companies from different sectors met in Brussels with the responsible...
Early this year in February, the European Commission proposed its new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) that would...
On the occasion of this year’s International Human Rights Day, we want to highlight some of the recent developments with respect to...
On 12 July 2021, the EU Commission published practical guidance for companies on human rights due diligence related to forced labour...
With the final deliberations of the German Bundesrat on 25 June 2021, the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (the Act) has officially...
The European Parliament recently adopted a resolution with recommendations to the European Commission for a directive on mandatory human...
After several months of intra-governmental discussions, a first official legislative proposal on a Human Rights Supply Chain Duty of Care...
The UK Government has issued guidance to UK companies with business links in Xinjiang, where human rights violations are reportedly...
On the International Human Rights Day in December 2020, our German-speaking offices hosted an online panel discussion with key executives...
Last week, stakeholders from government, business and civil society discussed the most pressing challenges in business and human rights,...