mind RH news – Draft global CSR agreement submitted for signature at EDF

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French energy company EDF and two global trade union federations have struck a draft agreement on social and environmental responsibility, which has been submitted to 16 trade union organisations to be signed before 28 January, mind RH understands. If signed, the text will pave the way for a global social protection floor and a decent wage for the group's 180,000 employees. It will also bring the sustainability due diligence duty and the climate into the scope of social dialogue and regulate the use of subcontracting.
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The draft global agreement covers a broad spectrum of CSR issues, with 15 chapters on six major social and environmental topics. Taking up many of the commitments made in the previous agreement, which was signed in 2018 for a period of four years and then extended, the text moves into new areas such as the environment and should strengthen EDF’s commitments. The negotiators want to build on the experience of the 19 years since the first global agreement was signed and give concrete expression t

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