Fitting the Pieces of the Puzzle: Making sense of sustainability due diligence regulations across the globe
With increasing demand from companies to uphold environmental, social, and governance standards, the regulatory environment around sustainability is becoming increasingly complex. There is growing recognition that more needs to be done to hold companies accountable for their social and environmental impact. While this is a step in the right direction for promoting responsible and sustainable business practices, it is important that we ensure this doesn't come to the detriment of developing countries and small and medium sized enterprises, who face greater challenges with compliance.
To help make sense of this evolving landscape, we carried out an analysis of a selected set of regulations, including the European Union (EU) regulation on deforestation/free products (EUDR), the German Supply Chain Act, the UK Modern Slavery Act, and the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
This online event unpacks commonalities between these regulations and look at how tools like sustainability standards can help support compliance, exploring if they can work together more effectively.
Speakers
- Matthew Hogarth, Senior Policy Advisor to Lara Wolters MEP
- Valentina Bolognesi, Senior Social Policy Advisor, amfor
- Rémi d'Annunzio, Forest Officer, FAO
- Christopher N.H. Schwarz, Global Associate Director, Agricultural Value Chains team, South Pole
- Patrick Owusu, General Manager, Asunafo Cooca Farmers
Upcoming events
Through Her Lens: Women leading change in sustainable agriculture and market inclusion
Despite the critical role that women play in agricultural production, they still do not have equal access to global agricultural supply chains on terms that benefit them.
Stakeholder Consultation of the East African Organic Products Standard
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Building Bridges: The State of Nature-Based Investments
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A Municipal Perspective on the Value of Natural Infrastructure
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