MAY UPDATE: A compromise text of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) has been agreed by the Council of the EU and the European Parliament. The compromise text is expected to be formally endorsed by the Council in May and then published in the EU Official Journal. The compromise text has made several concessions from the original proposal, including tripling the revenue threshold for non-EU companies from €150M to €450M. The CSDDD section of our Hot Topic will be updated following the Council’s endorsement.
More governments are seeking to regulate activities within supply chains with new laws aiming to prevent and mitigate environmental and social risks within company supply chains. Our Hot Topic takes a look at two such instances in the EU: the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (SCDDA), which took effect in January 2023, and the EU’s proposed CSDDD.