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📢 Final Day to Participate in the European Model Clauses (EMCs) Consultation. The European Model Clauses (EMCs) mark a significant advancement in embedding human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) into supplier contracts. These clauses are specifically designed to align with the requirements of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), fostering an effective and collaborative approach to responsible contracting. Developed under the leadership of Martijn Scheltema and David Snyder, with support from Responsible Contracting Project in developing and coordinating and supported by the Initiative for Global Solidarity, the EMCs focus on: 👉 Establishing HREDD obligations for both buyers and suppliers. 👉 Highlighting the importance of responsible purchasing practices. 👉 Promoting a cooperative framework for addressing risks and resolving breaches. This consultation invites stakeholders from all sectors—businesses, civil society, and governmental organisations—to contribute to shaping the final version of the EMCs, ensuring their effectiveness and practicality. 🔗 Learn more and contribute before the consultation closes today: 👉 EMCs Overview: https://lnkd.in/ghV22c-8 👉 Consultation Questionnaire: European Model Clauses Feedback #HREDD #CSDDD #ResponsibleContracting #Sustainability #BizHumanRights #SupplyChain #EMCs

Dedicated CSR Section in Tenders Create a dedicated section in your tender submissions for CSR. Highlight specific initiatives, their outcomes, and how they contribute to broader societal goals. This not only enhances your tender but also clearly communicates your business’s commitment to CSR, making you a more attractive partner for government contracts. Click here to read more 👉 https://bit.ly/3VTLhZz #Smallbusiness #GovernmentContract #Tenders #GovernmentLegislation #Contract #SMEs

We are seeking your feedback! 📣 The second round of consultations is now open for the Zero Draft of the European Model Clauses (#EMCs). The EMCs are a set of model contract clauses tailored to the new EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (#CSDDD) and other voluntary and mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (#HREDD) requirements, like the #UNGP or #LkSG. Follow the link below for more information on the EMCs and the consultation process. The EMCs are crafted by a working group of pan-European professors, lawyers, and legal professionals with the involvement of several RCP members: under the leadership of Martijn Scheltema and David Snyder the team includes Maria Pia Sacco, Ph.D. (she/her) Salli Swartz Stéphane Brabant Sarah Dadush Lhuilier Gilles Anna Beckers Bettina Braun Michael Riegner Daniel Schönfelder Michaela Streibelt Angelica Bonfanti Achille Calio Marincola Roberto Randazzo Stanisław Drozd Beata F. Claire Bright Maria Folque Carmen Márquez Carrasco Jose María de Paz Noemi Marques de Magallanes Crespo Jaime de Blas Aguilera JORDI GRAS #EncarnaCordero #AndreaSanchez Mariona Bernaus Jovell Rita Prates Rachel Barrett. Various stakeholder groups, including in-scope companies and smaller companies in the Global North and the Global South, civil society organizations, academics, think tanks, consultancies, and national and international governmental organizations, are encouraged to submit feedback. Feedback is sought to ensure the clauses are fit for purpose and a product of an inclusive, balanced, and legitimate process. The consultations are being coordinated by the Responsible Contracting Project with the financial support of #InitiativeforGlobalSolidarity which is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH on behalf of the #GermanFederalMinistryforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment. The consultations will continue until the end of October, and the first official version of the EMCs (the EMCs 1.0) will be published in early 2025. We can't wait to hear from you! https://lnkd.in/ghV22c-8 PD: if you want to know upon which requirements on contracts the #CSDDD contains, please take a look at our #policybrief - the EMCs show how they could be implemented: https://lnkd.in/ekde4aJP

Important event organised by the Global Association of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and what legal tools you need to implement it. As a reminder, the just adopted CSDDD applies to large companies (including certain non-EU companies) and will gradually apply to companies in scope, and will soon start to start important traction. It is a real game-changer for businesses, whether they are directly or indirectly in scope (e.g. because they are a supplier to an in-scope business). Amongst other responsibilities, it includes a new due diligence duty to be integrated into corporate policies. This requires companies to identify, prevent, mitigate, minimise and end adverse human rights and environmental impacts in their own operations and in their subsidiaries, and also extending to their supply chains and certain business practices. The CSDDD is not only an important opportunity to (re-) focus on ethical business, it also has wide-ranging consequences if companies get it wrong as e.g. victims of breaches will be able to bring a civil liability claim for damages before the national courts. Do not miss the opportunity to familiarise yourself with the CSDDD and what impact it will have on your business, whether you are directly or indirectly in scope.

How prepared are you for the #CSDDD? The updated #CSDDD is here, defining what it means for businesses and how to navigate its complexities. To assist corporations and their business partners in understanding and adhering to these responsibilities, we've created the CMS CSDDD Navigator. This innovative online tool, crafted as a comprehensive questionnaire, is specifically designed to assess whether and to what extent your organization complies with the CSDDD requirements. 🔗 Discover your compliance level with the CSDDD: https://lnkd.in/e6-KKTnm Marija Zrno Prošić, Lorena Suša #cmslaw #ESG #compliance #supplychain

There is a fascination with questionnaires trying to help uncover traits of one's personality. Not always are their outcomes helpful. However, our CMS CSDD navigator -an online questionnaire - is not only fascinating, but the state-of-the-art tool to uncover not your secret personality traits, but the extent of your organisation's compliance with the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (#CSDDD). The outcome is truly more than helpful, and we at #cmslaw are more than happy to assist you in achieving full compliance with this latest piece of EU legislation. #supplychains #lieferkettengesetz #humanrights #compliance

In December 2023, EU lawmakers reached a tentative agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), a significant piece of EU legislation designed to compel companies to mitigate their adverse impacts on human rights and the environment, both within the EU and globally. While CS3D is pending formal approval by the Legal Affairs Committee and the European Parliament, all involved parties have demonstrated their dedication to advancing this legislation. In preparation, companies falling within its scope should begin developing strategies for supply chain sustainability due diligence. Learn how to prepare for CS3D compliance today. https://hubs.la/Q02vCGcg0 #CS3D #EURegulations #Sustainability

🌿🚀 Exciting Developments in Italian Procurement and Environmental Criteria! ⚖️ Our ESR 3, Aura Iurascu, has analyzed key decisions from the Italian Council of State, shedding light on significant topics from contract ineffectiveness to framework agreements and MEC compliance. 🌱📜 Dive into her insights: 🔹 Is declaring public contracts ineffective for MEC violations becoming standard practice? 🔹 How do MEC violations affect tenders divided into lots and framework agreements with one supplier? Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dX3Bz2gc #PublicProcurement #Sustainability #LegalUpdates #GreenProcurement #Italy 💼🌱

A very useful tool which helps you assess whether & to which extent your business complies with the CSDDD requirements. This tool is a result of hard work of CMS' team dedicated to ESG topics. Happy to have one of those individuals in my team! Lorena Suša #ESG #CSDDD #cmslaw

🚀🌟 CSDDD directive diluted but saved 🌟🚀 Last Friday, the Corporate Sustainibility Due Diligence Directive was approved by the EU member states. The Directive, still subject to the European Parliament approval, will be a diluted compromise which was only possible after a frustrating process that has severely undermined the credibility of the EU’s legislative process. The final text will therefore be diluted, because many concessions had to made along the way. However, the win is still there. After weeks of intense negotiations by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024 and ups and downs in the EU political process, the CSDDD is there. And though our action with the Belgian business statement might have been symbolic, it certainly didn't go unnoticed (https://lnkd.in/e9k_WDtU) And we will continue to do just that, gather support for due diligence with progressive businesses because we believe in its importance for sustainable value chains. Here is our official reaction https://lnkd.in/ekdgZUVR #CSDDD #EU #OngoingEngagement Philippe Weiler Hyrske-Fischer Meri Sophie Aujean