Julia Otten News Today

After the announced abstention of Germany and Italy, the vote for a key piece of European due diligence legislation which would have ensured companies, including food companies, root out human rights and environmental abuses from their value chains, has been postponed. Does the law have a future?

Failing to oblige companies to respect the Paris Agreement and conduct climate due diligence would undermine the bloc’s ambition to become a net zero emissions economy.