EU: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive secure another step forward

On 01 June, MEPs voted by 366 to 225, to adopt the Wolters report on the European Commission’s proposal introducing corporate due diligence, in a version approximating the compromise reached in the EU Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee in April. Almost all the amendments right-wing groups had tabled in an attempt to water down the text were rejected. However, Article 26, requiring company directors to implement and monitor due diligence measures, with EU Member States also required to...