From Policing to Partnership

The European Union is currently negotiating a draft Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CS3D). By mid-2023, the three law-making institutions – the Council of the EU, the Parliament, and the European Commission – are expected to begin negotiations on a final law that will determine the scope and nature of sustainability due diligence requirements for companies operating in the single market. The draft Directive, as originally proposed by the Commission, aims to ensure that companies active in the single European market contribute to sustainable development and the wider sustainability transition of economies and societies by preventing and addressing negative human rights and environmental impacts. This important and ambitious goal requires a carefully crafted ‘corporate sustainability due diligence’ duty and appropriate administrative supervision and civil liability accountability measures to support it.

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POLICY DOCUMENT: Towards an operational strategy for more effective returns

Standards & Codes of Conduct

On 24 January 2023, the European Commission presented a policy document, ‘Towards an operational strategy for more effective returns’, as well as an annex detailing specific actions points. The policy document stresses the impo...Read More

TAGS: Europe

Compendium of relevant reference materials and resources on ethical sourcing and prevention of trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation in supply chains

LegislationPublications

The objective of the Compendium of Resources is to take stock of the existing legislation, policies, guidelines, recommendations, reports, studies, and other types of initiatives developed to better understand and respond to the global problem of tra...Read More

TAGS: Sourcing or Production Europe Latin America and the Caribbean North America

U.S. Executive Order 13126 of June 12, 1999

Legislation

The U.S. Executive Order 13126 on the "Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labour," was signed on June 12, 1999. The Executive Order is intended to ensure that U.S. federal agencies do not procure goods mad...Read More

TAGS: North America

Guidelines for Employment and Integration of People Displaced from Ukraine

GuidanceStandards & Codes of ConductGood Practices

To reduce the risk to workers displaced due to the war in Ukraine, ETI established a working group with its members shortly after the Russian invasion, in early Spring 2022. The aim of the working group has been to facilitate knowledge and intel...Read More

TAGS: Europe