“Türk says revised EU corporate sustainability rules must make sense for people and planet”, 21 November 2025
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday urged the European Union to ensure changes to its current rules requiring large companies to identify and address severe risks in their value chains do not depart from key human rights principles.
He expressed regret that some of the proposals being considered to the landmark EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive by lawmakers at the final stage of the review process risk undermining the Directive’s effectiveness, enforceability, and integrity, weakening its alignment with the internationally recognized UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Some of the proposals would reduce companies’ ability to identify their human rights risks, for instance by restricting what information they can ask of their suppliers and other business partners…
It is important that a revised EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive retains a risk-based approach to human rights due diligence and remains aligned with the UN Guiding Principles. Many companies subject to the EU legislation have already…
