Sébastien Mandron, administrator of the French "Collège des directeurs du développement durable" (sustainable development directors group), spoke to mind RH after the presentation of the omnibus directive, which narrows the scope of mandatory social and environmental reporting and is expected to reduce companies’ obligations. Also CSR director of the payment solutions group Worldline for nearly 11 years, he defends the maintenance of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which his employer implemented by publishing its first sustainability report in mid-April.
Is the omnibus proposal already having an impact on businesses?
With environmental issues, physical resources and the geopolitical context, we see the CSRD as a tool that enables companies to address their insurability and provide investors and customers with information about their sustainability. BlackRock [the world’s largest asset manager, ed.] has stated that it will no longer talk about [environmental, social and governance] at all. Except that they are continuing to make environmentally a
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Antoine Piel
Section Head at Mind HR