EU: international groups join unions and NGOs in calling for an ambitious corporate sustainability due diligence directive

In a joint call published on 11 December, several international industrial groups (L’Oréal, Unilever, Scania, Ericsson, Ikea, Novo Nordisk and Maersk) have joined forces with European NGOs and trade unions to call for a “robust” due diligence directive. Specifically, they are calling for the final text to be based on existing standards established by the United Nations and the OECD, which in turn are based on the fundamental conventions of the ILO. They would like to see the promotion of a...