Working group was founded to bring further expertise to the European parliament on topics related to responsible business and to increase discussion between various stakeholder groups and EU institutions.
Responsible Business Conduct working group gathers MEPs from most political groups
of the European Parliament.
The Study of due diligence requirement through the supply chains focuses on due diligence requirements to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for adverse corporate impacts (abuses of human rights, including the rights of the child and fundamental freedoms, serious bodily injury or health risks, environmental damage, including with respect to climate). It examines existing market
Published by Alliance for Corporate Transparency, initiative led by Frank Bold The Alliance for Corporate Transparency, a collaborative initiative launched by Frank Bold, analysed the information that companies disclosed on their environmental and societal risks and impacts following the requirements introduced by the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive. The research arrives at the same time that
RBC Working Group hosts a discussion event with Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders on the Study on due diligence requirement through the supply chain, on Wednesday 4th March 2020 at 13 – 14.30 in the European Parliament. In the event, Commissioner Reynders will present the study, which will be followed by interventions by MEPs as
On 23 January, Euro Coop hosted in Brussels the Roundtable ‘Ethically Sound Supply Chains: A Consumer Co-operative Perspective’ in partnership with the Vice-President of the European Parliament Heidi Hautala. Consumer co-operatives were pinpointed as key enablers of ethically sound supply chains because of their unique values-based business model. Euro Coop Vice-President Albino Russo opened the event by stating:
The European Parliament has adopted its annual report on EU’s action on human rights and democracy, in which it called for the EU’s and European companies’ leadership to promote international standards in business and human rights. The MEPs joined a growing number of companies supporting a legislative proposal on corporate human rights and due diligence
Over 60 signatories from the fields of company law, corporate governance and management issued recently a statement “Corporate Governance for Sustainability” that includes specific policy recommendations to clarify the obligations of company boards and directors in order to make corporate governance practice significantly more sustainable and focused on the long term. The recommendations were published
Companies and financial institutions should be legally bound to address human rights and environmental impact of their global operations and supply chains. The article was originally published on Anti-Slavery International website. Over 100 civil society organisations and trade unions have called on the European Union to develop effective legislation that would oblige companies and financial
Statement of chocolate manufacturers for the European Union to pass due diligence regulation for their supply chains: We, a group of companies (Barry Callebaut AG, Mars Wrigley and Mondelēz International), The VOICE Network*, Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade, call on the European Union, by far the largest importer and consumer of cocoa in the world, to
On 5 November, Fern and the Fair Trade Advocacy Office organised an event in the European Parliament to discuss the European Union’s response to the Amazon Fires and the urgent need to regulate EU agricultural supply chains. The event was co-hosted by Members of the European Parliament Maria Arena, Pascal Canfin, Heidi Hautala and Bernd
The Foreign Affairs / Trade Council of the Council of Europe discussed responsible business conduct in its meeting on 21 November. The issue was brought to the table by the Dutch delegation, which called for enhanced cooperation at the EU level in this field. The Dutch delegation stressed in particular the joint responsibility the EU
