In this briefing, T&E explains how the new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is an opportunity for the EU to regulate the extractive industry – from the mining of copper and iron to oil and gas.
The draft Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is a key step towards minimising the negative impacts of businesses on the environment, as well as people, in global value chains. The law sets out rules for companies to comply with in order to do business on the EU market.
For decades, the extractive industry has escaped the regulator’s eye despite being linked to some of the world’s worst environmental and human rights disasters. From the Shell oil spill in Nigeria – which caused irreversible ecological damage – to Norilsk Nickel’s poor wastewater management (turning glacial rivers red), it is time this industry is asked to comply with strict human rights and environmental rules.
The European Commission’s proposed draft, however, falls short on a few key provisions. The text:
In this briefing, T&E analyses how the law can be improved by the European Parliament and member states.
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