M
ore than a century ago, the increase in damage caused by machines and the rise in industrial accidents for which no one took responsibility triggered a major legal revolution in Europe.
The adoption of the European corporate sustainability due diligence directive (known as "CS3D") in May 2024 is a continuation of this immense struggle for workers' rights. [The directive holds companies legally accountable in courts for preventing and remedying human rights violations and serious environmental harm caused by their subsidiaries, suppliers, and subcontractors.]
The objective of the due diligence directive is simple: to prevent multinationals from continuing to destroy the environment, violate human rights, or exploit children or slaves by hiding behind their subsidiaries or foreign suppliers. But a year and a half after its adoption, the due diligence directive is hanging by a thread. How did we get here?
The agenda of Trumpist America
