On the 21st of April, the European Parliament adopted the Resolution on the EU Flagship Initiative on the garment sector. This text reflects the increasing concerns in respect of supply chain transparency in the global textile sector and is said to have been triggered by the Rana Plaza collapse in 2013. Among other interesting features,
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The European Parliament will host a joint hearing on ‘Business and human rights in EU External Policies: due diligence, non-financial reporting and access to remedies’ tomorrow 3 May. The activity has been co-organised by the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on International Trade of the Parliament. It has the purpose of boosting the
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The European Agency for Fundamental Rights publishes its Opinion “Improving Access to Remedy in the area of business and human rights at the EU level”.
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On the 3rd of April, the Council of Europe, after reaching an agreement with the European Parliament, adopted a regulation obliging EU companies to source their imports of tin, tantalum and gold responsibly. The Regulation, which will become binding from 1 January 2021, also requires companies to ensure that their supply chains do not contribute
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