Lobbying analysis on Omnibus

The document analyzes the EU Omnibus proposal, characterizing it as a "massive deregulation project" that weakens corporate sustainability and due diligence requirements. It compares the proposal's specific changes to the demands of industry lobbies—including the French Banking Federation (FBF), Medef, BDI, Confindustria, the American Chamber of Commerce, and Business Europe—concluding that the Commission's proposal closely aligns with these corporate interests, suggesting "corporate capture."

• The EU Omnibus proposal significantly weakens the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) by removing the obligation for Member States to ensure civil liability for due diligence failures and eliminating representative actions, which limits the ability of victims and NGOs to seek legal remedies.
• The proposal narrows the CSDDD value chain scope to direct (Tier 1) suppliers only, which the author argues will result in severe impacts in raw material extraction and further up the supply chain being ignored.
• Climate transition plans under the CSDDD are reduced to a "checkbox exercise" because the proposal removes the requirement for these plans to be "put into effect," meaning public authorities can no longer enforce their implementation.
• The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) scope is drastically reduced, cutting the number of required reporting companies by more than 80% by raising the employee threshold from 250 to 1,000.
• The proposal weakens CSRD audit quality by replacing the "reasonable assurance" standard with a "limited assurance" standard, which the author claims will result in fewer checks on the relevance and quality of sustainability information.
• The EU Sustainable Taxonomy is weakened through the introduction of materiality thresholds that allow companies to avoid assessing taxonomy-eligibility for activities not exceeding 10% of turnover, capex, or assets, and by proposing a 70% reduction in datapoints.
• The author concludes that the EU Commission's proposal is the result of "corporate capture," as there is a "very high degree of similarity" between the Omnibus measures and the demands of key corporate and financial lobbyists.

APA

Reclaim Finance (2025). Lobbying analysis on Omnibus. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Analysis-of-Omnibus-final-proposal_Content-and-link-to-lobbying.pdf

Chicago

Reclaim Finance. Lobbying analysis on Omnibus. 2025. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Analysis-of-Omnibus-final-proposal_Content-and-link-to-lobbying.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{reclaimfinance2025lobbying, author = {{Reclaim Finance}}, title = {{Lobbying analysis on Omnibus}}, institution = {Reclaim Finance}, year = {2025}, month = mar, url = {https://reclaimfinance.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Analysis-of-Omnibus-final-proposal_Content-and-link-to-lobbying.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }