EU: Catastrophic changes proposed to key sustainability laws would erode human rights and environmental protections

By Amnesty International

Reacting to today’s publication by the European Commission of a “simplification” Omnibus proposal which envisions damaging changes to key EU sustainability laws, including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: “Confronted with growing recognition of the many human rights abuses taking place in the value chains for […] The post EU: Catastrophic changes proposed to key sustainability laws would erode human rights and environmental protections appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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