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EU: what consequences will the omnibus package have for the CSRD and CSDDD?
Presented yesterday, the omnibus package proposed by the European Commission will significantly modify the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives (CSRD and CSDDD), if...
EU: Commission proposes major watering down of corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives
The European Commission has finally presented the proposed omnibus directive. It removes 80% of the companies concerned from the corporate sustainability reporting directive's (CSRD) non-financial...
Germany: BAFA sets out instructions for supply chain due diligence law
While a complaint was filed at the end of February by a group of Thai workers against Otto, the German retail giant, the Federal Office of Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) has just...
How EDF plans to implement global CSR agreement
French energy company EDF reached a new global agreement on corporate social responsibility at the end of January, covering the period 2025-2030. Signed unanimously by the trade unions, it covers...
EU: Spain and Denmark against extensive unpicking of corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives
With the omnibus directive to simplify the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives (CSRD and CSDDD) expected on 26 February, though this could be postponed, member...
Germany: uncertainty over future of supply chain due diligence act
Under fire from critics for several months, the German supply chain due diligence act (LkSG), passed in 2021, is in the crosshairs of political parties amid the election campaign. Employer...
EU: CSRD and due diligence appear set for wide-ranging unravelling
Following two days of consultations organised by the European Commission, the plan to simplify the corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives (CSRD and CSDDD), which are to...
Caroline Neyron (Impact France): “Putting an end to the CSRD would harm the competitiveness of responsible European businesses”
Following a meeting with the French prime minister, Caroline Neyron, director general of the business movement Impact France (15,000 members "committed to the transition"), has detailed to mind RH...
EU: Commission presents its ‘Competitiveness Compass’
A month before the presentation of the omnibus directive that will reduce companies' obligations in terms of corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence, Brussels presented its...
EU: lobbying on all sides over omnibus sustainability directive
The omnibus directive, which is intended to lighten the regulatory burden on companies introduced by the European legislative package on sustainability, is causing controversy both at political...
mind RH news – Draft global CSR agreement submitted for signature at EDF
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...
16 January 2025
A look back at 2024: international social dialogue of growing importance to large companies
While 2023 was marked at European level by the failure to negotiate a framework agreement on telework, it was the strengthening of the directive on European works councils that was in the news in...
10 January 2025
EU: trade unions speak out against “deregulation”
In a joint statement, 12 European employee federations, led by the European Trade Union Confederation, are attempting to counterbalance lobbying against the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...
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17 December 2024
Living wage becomes a corporate responsibility
With Michelin's announcements in April, the living wage has come under the spotlight. The issue is about to become a matter of compliance, with the entry into force of the Corporate Sustainability...
12 December 2024
Belgium: bill transposing CSRD adopted
On 28 November, the Chamber of Representatives approved a bill transposing the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Belgium was one of the countries lagging behind on...
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2 December 2024
Italy: Confindustria proposes plan for workers’ housing
Employers’ organisation Confindustria intends to harness public and private partnerships to launch a major housing construction and repurposing plan with the aim of addressing, at least in...
2 December 2024
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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EU: Commission proposes loosening of AI regulations
On 19 November, the European Commission published a proposal for an omnibus regulation aimed at simplifying the AI Act in order to ‘ensure the swift, smooth and proportionate implementation’ of...
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation
Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...
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28 November 2025
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Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia
On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...
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28 November 2025