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.
Direct Consultation with Governments
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The entity does not support the introduction of a mandatory human rights due diligence framework at the EU level, and states that voluntary standards are sufficient.
Q 2: "No, it should be enough to focus on asking companies to follow existing guidelines and standards."
"EU initiatives should help to support existing and successfully tested voluntary due diligence initiatives by companies in the supply chain. The precious metals sector can provide a good example of how initiatives based on the OECD Guidelines can help voluntary due diligence schemes to be effective and credible. ... Any EU regulation should support and optimise the recognition of existing initiatives that align with private sector best practices and the implementation of the OECD Guidelines, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, International Labour Organisation Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work."
Requiring Human rights due diligence of all companies, regardless of sector and size, while still reflecting their individual circumstances.
Direct Consultation with Governments
Comments from the entity submitted through official regulatory and legislative consultation processes, or via meetings and other direct engagements with policymakers. Includes evidence obtained by InfluenceMap through Freedom of Information requests.
The entity supports the inclusion of all business sectors in the scope of the CSDDD, and does not call for any company thresholds, but cautions having proportionate obligations.
Q 16: "All business sectors have a potential to contribute to environmental and social, including human rights, impacts, and the responsibility to respect human rights in particular under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, however efforts should be proportionate to their size and impact."
Implementing an enforcement mechanism where companies fail to carry out due diligence as described.
Direct Consultation with Governments
Comments from the entity submitted through official regulatory and legislative consultation processes, or via meetings and other direct engagements with policymakers. Includes evidence obtained by InfluenceMap through Freedom of Information requests.
The entity supports having an enforcement mechanism for the CSDDD both at the national and EU level.
Q 19a: In relation to the enforcement of the CSDDD, the entity selected option 3, "Supervision by competent national authorities with a mechanism of EU cooperation/coordination to ensure consistency throughout the EU".
Enabling judicial enforcement with liability and compensation in case of harm caused by not fulfilling the due diligence obligations.
Direct Consultation with Governments
Comments from the entity submitted through official regulatory and legislative consultation processes, or via meetings and other direct engagements with policymakers. Includes evidence obtained by InfluenceMap through Freedom of Information requests.
The entity does not support the inclusion of civil liability provisions in the CSDDD.
In response to Q 19 on enforcement of the CSDDD, the entity did not select that there should be judicial enforcement or liability for non-compliance.
Require companies to implement a due diligence process covering their value chain to identify, prevent, mitigate and remediate human rights impacts and improve that practice over time.
Direct Consultation with Governments
Comments from the entity submitted through official regulatory and legislative consultation processes, or via meetings and other direct engagements with policymakers. Includes evidence obtained by InfluenceMap through Freedom of Information requests.
The entity calls for full coverage of the supply chain in the CSDDD. However, no reference was found to covering also the downstream part of the value chain.
17 b: "A possible due diligence initiative should cover the whole supply chain, meaning that an EU due diligence system should cover all segments of the supply chain, including third countries suppliers. This will avoid creating loopholes and help to foster sustainable development in third countries."
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