Excellent!😲 Ursula von der Leyen just announced that she will put forward a proposal for an EU import ban on products made with forced labour. #soteu21

A few months ago we Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 had started to push for this idea 💪🏼 that will help cleaning up our supply chains from forced labour.

BIG NEWS: @UvdL announces an EU ban on products produced with #forcedlabour . ”Because #humanrights are not for sale.” Applauds!!! We Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 have pushed this for quite a while, together with colleagues from EP's Responsible Business Conduct working group .

Illustrative supply chain map by Anna Cavazzini & Earthsight shows how #deforestation is linked to European car production. This reinforces the need for ambitious and effective EU due diligence legislation #mHREDD #bizhumanrights
responsiblebusinessconduct.eu/wp/2021/09/14/…

#Humanrights and #environmental #duediligence saves lives!

Global Witness report finds that 227 #EnvironmentDefenders were murdered last year. Supply chains drive this violence. This is why the European Commission legislative proposal on #HREDD is crucial.

globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/e…

MEPs EP's Responsible Business Conduct working group send a clear message to the European Commission on corporate human rights & environmetal due diligence legislation to be presented as part of the #SustainableCorporateGovernance initiative ➡️bit.ly/3gJhejR

📌Connecting the dots in #SustainableCorporateGovernance : leading NGOs publish detailed recommendations to clarify directors’ responsibilities to oversee #sustainability bit.ly/3q6P4Cf
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WWF EU JOOST FOR PRIME MINISTER Didier Reynders Business & Human Rights Clean Clothes Campaign CDSB @ECCJcorpjust Fair Trade Advocacy Office @FutureFitBiz Global Witness ShareAction Oxfam International CarlosMTornero Sophie Robinson Tillett @SJinEurope Marina Fabre Soundron Isabelle Gerretsen Attracta Mooney Laura Pérez-Cejuela Francesco Guarascio Concepcion Alvarez Lenora Suki Salla Saastamoinen Richard Howitt Richard Gardiner Heidi Hautala Lara Wolters Pascal Canfin Axel Voss MdEP Marie Toussaint 🌍🌏 Evelyn Regner Manon Aubry Pascal DURAND European Commission EP's Responsible Business Conduct working group The Modern Corporation Project BoardsImpactForum Paul Druckman Antoine Begasse Steve Waygood Antoni Ballabriga Rica BhattacharyyaET Go Toxic Free gaia giorgio fedi EU Justice Anti-Slavery International Oxfam InternationalEU EP's Responsible Business Conduct working group on the NGO letter sent to Didier Reynders & JOOST FOR PRIME MINISTER supporting the clarification of Boards' obligations w/ regards to #sustainability . Laissez-faire approach is no longer accepted. We need corporates to play their part for the #EUGreenDeal bit.ly/3vx1wNN

My keynote speech on creating value and managing impact through integrated #sustainability reporting. The EU is in a position to lead the way to eventually even a global standard for sustainable business. ACCA Views responsiblebusinessconduct.eu/wp/2021/06/03/…

'Human rights litigation against corporations can be even more difficult than David's struggle against Goliath.

It's not just that corporations' legal teams and budgets are bigger. The whole game is rigged.

The key question is: how can we improve David's odds?'

— Heidi Hautala

Fier et heureux d’avoir été désigné rapporteur pour Parlement européen (compte archivé) de la Directive sur la gouvernance soutenable et le reporting non financier. Plaisir de retrouver mes collègues Lara Wolters Marie Toussaint 🌍🌏 Manon Aubry pour faire ensemble avancer la #RSE en 🇪🇺

What can we learn from the judgment ordering Shell to prevent future damage in the Niger Delta?

What about the case against aluminum giant Norsk Hydro?

Or the proceedings against Casino and Total?

Find out at our event with Friends of the Earth Europe🌍 & EP's Responsible Business Conduct working group!

RSVP 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/suing-goliat…

In Madagascar 11 000 children mine Mica resources for the European market. It should be mandatory for firms to tell us where our phones are produced by whom, and how it affects the environment. Now there is a chance to address those issues by the EU legislation. #duediligence

WWF EU Joost Didier Reynders Business & Human Rights Clean Clothes Campaign CDSB @ECCJcorpjust Fair Trade Advocacy Office @FutureFitBiz Global Witness ShareAction Oxfam International CarlosMTornero Sophie Robinson Tillett @SJinEurope Marina Fabre Soundron Isabelle Gerretsen Attracta Mooney Laura Pérez-Cejuela Francesco Guarascio Concepcion Alvarez Lenora Suki Salla Saastamoinen Richard Howitt Richard Gardiner Heidi Hautala Lara Wolters Pascal Canfin Axel Voss MdEP Marie Toussaint 🌍🌏 Evelyn Regner Manon Aubry Pascal DURAND European Commission EP's Responsible Business Conduct working group The Modern Corporation Project BoardsImpactForum Paul Druckman Antoine Begasse Steve Waygood Antoni Ballabriga Rica BhattacharyyaET Go Toxic Free gaia giorgio fedi Recent studies demonstrate both the need for (and feasibility of) the measures considered by EU Justice as part of the #sustainable corporate governance agenda.

Check more data & details in the letter that NGOs have sent to the European Commission ➡️ bit.ly/3fI98Gw

WWF EU

JOIN US for a deep dive into the most relevant cases of civil litigation against EU companies for corporate abuses abroad.

Human rights lawyers, NGOs and MEPs will discuss barriers to justice and the need for legislative reform.

🗓️ 3 June
🕙 10:00 CET
🔗 eventbrite.co.uk/e/suing-goliat…

Global Witness calls for all companies to disclose according to #CSRD & EU sustainability standards. Transparency is important but more action is needed on accountability (keep an eye on @EU_JUSTICE work on corporate due diligence)
ℹ️ bit.ly/3xfARpO

Let’s hope this delay doesn’t mean that we are somehow falling back to the old reality, where we trust that all sorts of voluntary mechanisms will make businesses accountable and responsible. That simply doesn’t work. EP's Responsible Business Conduct working group politico.eu/article/europe…

I and Professor John G. Ruggie will discuss the EU's due diligence efforts from a global perspective. With the European #GreenDeal the EU chose to head towards a more sustainable economy. Which role can due diligence play on this path. Register👉 #EMAStalks europeanparliament.webex.com/europeanparlia…

Thank you for the exchange, Virginijus Sinkevičius 👍 As EP's Responsible Business Conduct working group we are ready to support you to take ambitious and coherent EU action to protect forests, biodiversity and human rights!

The EU is number 2️⃣ importer of tropical deforestation.

Its our responsibility to take ambitious actions to save forests and biodiversity.

We need everyone onboard: European Parliament, Member States, businesses and consumers.

🆕Proposal in June.

Thanks EP's Responsible Business Conduct working group for good discussion!