{"id":4677,"date":"2022-10-27T11:32:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T09:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sccl.se\/the-eu-com-proposal-for-a-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence-directive\/"},"modified":"2022-10-27T11:32:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T09:32:21","slug":"the-eu-com-proposal-for-a-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence-directive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sccl.se\/en\/the-eu-com-proposal-for-a-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence-directive\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU COM Proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><em>Speech by director Rolf Skog<\/em><em> g<\/em><em>iven on 27 Oct 2022 at the conference Nuevas Obligaciones<\/em> <em>de los Administradores de las Sociedades de Capital, organized by Ilustre Colegio<\/em> <em>Notarial de Madrid.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Corporate governance and business have an important role to play in the green transition and sustainability. There are however serious risks tied to the enforcement of corporate governance standards that are not carefully crafted, such as parts of the COM:s proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which might prove to be counterproductive from a sustainability perspective, as well as damaging businesses and their access to capital.<\/p>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/sccl.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Skog-Speech-Madrid.pdf\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Read the entire speech in pdf<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scgi-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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