As the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights turn fifteen, they face ‘severe stress’, write experts.

When organisations choose to silence those who question corporate actions, it is bad for society—and bad for business.

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive still has ‘some of the world’s largest polluting companies’ in scope, say campaigners.

AGM proposals related to sustainability garner hardly any support among US shareholders, new research shows.

Omnibus changes to sustainability due diligence directive ‘should align with the UN Guiding Principles’ to allow supply chain clarity.

The rules will cover companies with 1,000+ staff and €450m revenue, while the due diligence law will apply to even fewer organisations.

Economists, academics and unions fear the proposed revision of new legislation will increase risk of climate disruption.

The French government seeks ‘indefinite postponement’ of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

Still prevalent in organisations and supply chains, the crime of modern slavery poses a material risk to business.

‘The board should account for material sustainability risks’, says the wealth fund, ‘and social consequences of its products’.