Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » European legislation » EU: compromise finally reached on corporate sustainability due diligence directive EU: compromise finally reached on corporate sustainability due diligence directive European legislators have reached an agreement on companies' due diligence requirements with regard to sustainability. While there was strong pressure to weaken the obligations, 15,000 companies will now have to prevent and mitigate any human rights and environmental abuses along their value chain, under the stewardship of national authorities. By Antoine Piel. Published on 14 December 2023 à 16h55 - Update on 14 December 2023 à 16h55 Resources Whether an agreement would be struck remained in doubt right up to the end, while the question of whether or not to include the financial sector was the subject of fierce debate. Several countries, including France, wanted to see the financial sector excluded,… Antoine Piel Corporate sustainability due diligence Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.URLThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Latest articles Longer careers: a new state of affairs for companies CSRD: social and environmental reporting market takes shape Analysis & Data Latest articles Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels