The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT), the IndustriAll European Trade Union, the European Public Services Union (EPSU) and the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) strongly condemn the European Commission’s Omnibus proposal, which constitutes a direct assault on corporate accountability, workers’ and trade union rights, and environmental protections.
The European Parliament must reject this disastrous package and ensure that the core objectives of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) and the protections provided therein are safeguarded from this deregulation agenda.
The Omnibus proposal, if enacted, would dismantle key provisions and objectives of the CS3D, making it effectively toothless. It delays implementation and application, weakens enforcement, strips away civil liability protections, and limits corporate responsibility to direct business partners, leaving countless workers, trade unions, communities, and ecosystems vulnerable to unchecked adverse impact of corporate operations.
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