{"id":5256,"date":"2024-03-11T13:40:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T13:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disktekstil.org\/?p=5256"},"modified":"2024-03-12T06:59:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:59:53","slug":"time-to-effectively-act-on-human-rights-due-diligence-and-responsible-business-conduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disktekstil.org\/en\/time-to-effectively-act-on-human-rights-due-diligence-and-responsible-business-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to effectively act on Human Rights Due Diligence and responsible business conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission finally proposed draft legislation on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence. Despite some interesting features, \u00a0it falls far short of what is needed to protect human rights and the environment.<\/p>\n

It particularly falls short on the concrete involvement of workers and trade unions in shaping and monitoring sustainable business due diligence strategies, aimed at preventing or ceasing adverse impacts on human rights and the environment.<\/p>\n

A strong directive on Sustainable Corporate Due Diligence is desperately needed at a time of\u00a0rising<\/a>\u00a0human rights violations including \u00a0abuse of labour and trade union rights by major European companies.<\/p>\n

Instead, some 238 days after the Commission was scheduled to present the directive, the draft proposal raises real concerns that it delivers much too little to impulse the necessary behavioural changes in business to effectively address and prevent violations of human rights and damage to the environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Workers and trade unions rights are Human Rights that business should comply with.<\/p>\n

EU Human Rights Due Diligence should provide for effective measures to stop anti trade union practices and to stop violations of workers and trade unions rights.<\/p>\n

EU Human Rights Due Diligence is the only way to hold business accountable for the impacts on people and the planet.<\/p>\n

To recall, the ETUC key demands on mandatory Human Rights due diligence and responsible business conduct<\/strong> as adopted at the Executive Committee Meeting of 17-18 December 2019, include the following:<\/p>\n