CSR - Sustainability

Unilever shows the need to assess evidence on lack of anti-competitive effects in abuse cases and how liability can extend across different levels of the supply chain. Dominant undertakings had better think twice when imposing policy on distributors.

De aandacht voor (Internationaal) Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen (“(I)MVO”) en Environmental, Social and Governance factoren (“ESG”) en verantwoording daarover blijft onverminderd groot.

While 2022 revolved around new and improved regulatory tools, the focus in 2023 will be on putting these tools to use. More merger-related obligations, digital sector scrutiny and clarity on competition-law and consumer-law aspects is imminent.

2022 marks the second year of the EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Regulation, and the year in which legislators haven been busy shaping the Dutch national security screening regime and the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation.

In 2022, the ACM and the European Commission put the spotlight on the accuracy of companies’ sustainability claims. Notably, the ACM published several market studies and adopted commitment decisions concerning allegedly misleading sustainability claims.

While 2022 revolved around new and improved regulatory tools, the focus in 2023 will be on putting these tools to use. More merger-related obligations, digital sector scrutiny and clarity on competition-law and consumer-law aspects is imminent.

To mark Equal Pay Day, we are publishing the e-book 'Equal pay for women and men. The most important reporting obligations at European level'.

The Dutch Corporate Governance Code Monitoring Committee (the Committee) adopted the revised Dutch Corporate Governance Code (the 2022 Code) on 20 December 2022. 

Nynke Brouwer schreef over cyberrisico’s en verzekeringen en Rogier Raas schreef over duurzaamheidsvoorkeuren in de financiële sector in de lustrumbundel ‘The Twin Transition: Digital & Sustainable Finance’.

Op 20 december 2022 heeft de Monitoring Commissie Corporate Governance Code (de “Commissie”) de geactualiseerde Nederlandse Corporate Governance Code (de “Code 2022”) gepresenteerd.

In onderstaande bijdrage bespreken Steven Hijink en Loes van Dijk de belangrijkste wijzigingen die in de CSRD zijn doorgevoerd ten opzichte van het voorstel voor de CSRD uit april 2021.

Ter gelegenheid van internationale vrouwendag publiceerden we in maart het e-book ‘Gelijke beloning van vrouwen en mannen. De belangrijkste wetgevingsinitiatieven op Europees en nationaal niveau’.

The Commission’s guidelines on collective agreements clarify the manoeuvre room solo self-employed persons have under the competition rules to collectively boost their working conditions. A Directive on platform work working conditions is on the way.