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 Company indicates that it does not believe the delay or weakening of the CSDDD is contributing to the interest of business. It suggests that SMEs can be supported more effectively through other means.
"The company states that 'we support the EU Supply Chain Act – and are actively campaigning for it together with other medium-sized companies. The reason for this is the EU Commission's initiative, announced at the end of February: numerous sustainability laws are to be weakened or postponed – including the European Supply Chain Act. In our view, this is a step backwards at the wrong time. Instead of watering down rules on transparency and human rights in the supply chain, companies should be given meaningful support in implementing them. There are other measures that can help relieve the burden on SMEs, for example in VAT law. ... We believe that the Supply Chain Act should not be seen as a burden, but as an opportunity – for companies to live up to their responsibilities and take concrete steps towards more sustainable business practices.' The company's managing direct is cited as follows '‘It is a pathetic understanding of entrepreneurship to interpret the reduction of bureaucracy as the dismantling of fundamental human rights and environmental standards.’"
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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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