EU Member States have agreed to significantly dilute the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in a pivotal move away from Europe’s corporate sustainability ambitions.
Europe has to create a well-functioning Savings and Investment Union to mobilise private investments. However, it will depend on the willingness of Member States to go the extra mile for necessary harmonisation steps in taxation, company law, insolvency procedures and supervision.
Today, the European Commission published a report on the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the EU’s main legislation for the marine environment.
“SMEunited acknowledges the Union of Skills initiative’s ambition to tackle skill shortages across Europe. Ensuring that SMEs have access to a workforce equipped with the right skills is crucial for…
Despite previous assurances that simplification would not lead to deregulation and that the EU’s sustainability goals would remain intact, the proposed simplification omnibus introduces significant changes that constitute a major setback for transparency, accountability and sustainable finance.
EuroCommerce, the voice of the retail and wholesale sector in Europe, has expressed strong support for the European Commission’s Omnibus Package I on sustainability, unveiled today.
“To ensure the proposals in the vision for agriculture and food actually work, it is important to involve SME stakeholders in the design and implementation of these policies”, stated SMEunited Secretary General Véronique Willems.
