Ifølge Minerva Analytics vil EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) og Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) formentlig blive ramt som følge af handelsaftalen mellem EU og USA.
Som et af 19 nøglevilkår i handelsaftalen med USA har EU lovet, at CSRD og CSDDD ikke indebær urimelige restriktioner for transatlantisk handel. Aftalen møder dog hård kritik fra flere sider:
Udklip fra artiklen: “Aurore Lalucq, President of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, branded the agreement as a “disgrace”. “We didn’t even sell Europe, we just gave it away,” she said. “We are no longer sovereign and come with our money to serve the United States. You might as well be an American state at this point.”
Andreas Rasche, Professor at Copenhagen Business School added that the statement shows that the EU is “prepared to downscale relevant regulations to address US concerns”. ShareAction’s Interim Head of EU Policy Richard Gardiner also described the news as “very worrying”.”
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