INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – CAOBISCO TELLS EU TO PLAY SMART ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY RULES
September 30th, 2022
European Union (EU) confectionery, chocolate and biscuit industry association CAOBISCO has called on the EU to take a smart and integrated approach when amending and approving a planned EU directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. Proposed by the European Commission in February (2022), the law would insist that larger companies identify, prevent, end or mitigate their adverse impacts on human rights, (such as child labour and worker exploitation), and the environment, (such as pollution and biodiversity loss). (1) CAOBISCO wants to ensure “maximum” ...
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