Harmonization Pains but Stakeholders’ Gain - The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and its Implications for the Meaningful Engagement Provisions of Member States with a Due Diligence Law

Abstract

The Article 13 EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is home of the meaningful engagement provision. It is significantly more robust than similar provisions in national due diligence legislation in France, Germany and Norway. Despite the fact that a number of differences between EU CSDDD and these national laws is likely to give rise to some “harmonization pains”, one silver lining exists: stakeholders gain some leverage.

Keywords

• Corporate Due Diligence
• European Union
• Human Rights
• Human Rights