Making human rights due diligence a legal requirement for companies including systems to identify, assess, mitigate or manage human rights risks and impacts to improve that process over time and to disclose the risks and impacts, the steps taken and the results.
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The statement expresses explicit support for the legal HRDD requirements as set out in the compromise.
The document states that ‘In our view, the requirements of the CSDDD are appropriate and feasible. The CSDDD offers a historic and, at present, the only chance for an EU-wide level playing field … We are therefore deeply concerned that a German abstention is currently being considered. … We expect Chancellor Olaf Scholz to secure this democratically achieved compromise and thereby provide companies with legal certainty and fair competitive conditions’.
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The statement calls for a stop of the reopening of the CSDDD and undersigned companies ask for swift implementation that provides support for SMEs.
The state that 'We are concerned to see that the discussion about proposed political solutions to these problems too often ignores the concrete business reality. Repealing, postponing or renegotiating laws does not help anyone, because we as companies need planning security. Instead of further discussions at EU level, which create additional uncertainty, it is important to quickly implement concrete and tangible relief for SMEs at national level, without losing sight of the goal of protecting human rights and the environment. ... The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), which was adopted in 2024, makes it clear that obligated companies must focus on the most serious human rights and environmental risks along their supply chain and prioritize them instead of collecting information and contractual assurances from their suppliers in a non-specific and large-scale manner. The directive also contains a number of direct support and protection measures for SMEs. We expect the German government to apply these rules in Germany as quickly and effectively as possible. At the same time, the directive should also be implemented quickly in other EU countries.'
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The letter expresses direct and repeated support for the approval of the CSDDD, praising the balance achieved in the political agreement and its alignment with international standards. The signatories also express concern about the risk of the directive being rejected at this final stage.
The statement indicates: “The political compromise on the CSDDD from December last year is based on the UN and OECD standards and thus builds on guidelines that responsible companies have been using as a reference for years. In our view, the requirements of the CSDDD are appropriate and feasible.” “We are very concerned that German support for the CSDDD could still be withdrawn in the final approval process.” “We expect Chancellor Olaf Scholz to secure this democratically achieved compromise and thereby provide companies with legal certainty and fair competitive conditions.”
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