Devoir de vigilance européen au Conseil : la stratégie du pire

A coalition of organizations denounces the Council of the European Union's position on the Omnibus I proposal, claiming it undermines the European corporate sustainability due diligence framework by raising application thresholds, limiting the scope of commercial partners, fragmenting civil liability, and weakening climate transition plan requirements.

• The Council of the European Union proposes increasing the thresholds for the application of the European due diligence requirement to companies with more than 5,000 employees and a turnover exceeding 1.5 billion euros, which would significantly reduce the number of affected companies.
• The Council's proposal to limit due diligence to direct commercial partners is criticized for compromising the effectiveness of the system, as severe human rights and environmental violations often occur beyond the first tier of partners.
• The Council aligns with the European Commission's proposal to stop harmonizing the civil liability regime, which the authors argue will lead to fragmented legal systems across member states, harming both victims and companies.
• The Council's position reduces the ambition of mandatory climate transition plans, potentially allowing companies to avoid implementing commitments if the required efforts are deemed 'unreasonable'.
• The Council has agreed to significantly reduce the scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which the authors claim will exclude thousands of European companies and encourage greenwashing.

APA

Manickawasagar, A. (2025). Devoir de vigilance européen au Conseil : la stratégie du pire. Reclaim Finance. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2025/06/24/devoir-de-vigilance-europeen-au-conseil-la-strategie-du-pire/

Chicago

Manickawasagar, Aatiraï. Devoir de vigilance européen au Conseil : la stratégie du pire. Reclaim Finance, 2025. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2025/06/24/devoir-de-vigilance-europeen-au-conseil-la-strategie-du-pire/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{manickawasagar2025devoir, author = {Manickawasagar, Aatiraï}, title = {{Devoir de vigilance européen au Conseil : la stratégie du pire}}, publisher = {Reclaim Finance}, year = {2025}, month = jun, url = {https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2025/06/24/devoir-de-vigilance-europeen-au-conseil-la-strategie-du-pire/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }