The compromise text of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) amending the ‘Whistle Blowers’ Directive was adopted by the EU Parliament this week. The final text approved by the EU Institutions and to be formally endorsed by the Council raised the thresholds for in-scope non-financial and financial companies.  Once transposed by member states, company’s...

Introductory remarks delivered by Dawn Slevin, Managing Director ELS Europe on 30 June 2022 to the European Parliament during the audition of candidates for the position of chair of EFRAG’s Sustainability Reporting Board. The recording of the audition can be found here. Dawn’s candidacy was confirmed in the Commission Decision of 30.6.2022 on the endorsement...