To provide legal certainty to business and citizens, the Commission has proposed a directive laying down rules on corporate due diligence obligations. According to the new rules, companies will be required to prevent, end or mitigate the negative impact that their activities have on human rights and the environment, such as on child labour, slavery, pollution or biodiversity loss.

Brussels

corporate social responsibility (T)

debate

plenary session

KARAS, Othmar (EPP, AT)

TOIA, Patrizia (S&D, IT)

ŠTEFANEC, Ivan (EPP, SK)

ARENA, Maria (S&D, BE)

HAUTALA, Heidi (Greens/EFA, FI)

VOSS, Axel (EPP, DE)

LEBRETON, Gilles (ID, FR)

REGNER, Evelyn (S&D, AT)

PAPADAKIS, Kostas (NI, EL)

VIRKKUNEN, Henna (EPP, FI)

VONDRA, Alexandr (ECR, CZ)

MANDERS, Antonius (EPP, NL)

GYŐRI, Enikő (NI, HU)

RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, María Soraya (Renew, ES)

CSEH, Katalin (Renew, HU)

BELKA, Marek (S&D, PL)

AUBRY, Manon (The Left, FR)

TOUSSAINT, Marie (Greens/EFA, FR)

GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ibán (S&D, ES)

BUXADÉ VILLALBA, Jorge (ECR, ES)

GONZÁLEZ, Mónica Silvana (S&D, ES)

LEITÃO-MARQUES, Maria-Manuel (S&D, PT)

DEMIREL, Özlem (The Left, DE)

TERRAS, Riho (EPP, EE)

VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA, Adrián (Renew, ES)

MATTHIEU, Sara (Greens/EFA, BE)

GALLÉE, Malte (NI, DE)

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence: MEPs debate

SOUNDBITE (Original), Axel VOSS (EPP, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Evelyn REGNER (S&amp;D, AT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Adri&#225;n V&#193;ZQUEZ L&#193;ZARA (Renew, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jorge BUXAD&#201; VILLALBA (ECR, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gilles LEBRETON (ID, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ivan &#352;TEFANEC (EPP, SK), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Marek BELKA (S&amp;D, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Katalin CSEH (Renew, HU), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Marie TOUSSAINT (Greens/EFA, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Alexandr VONDRA (ECR, CZ), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Antonius MANDERS (EPP, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Patrizia TOIA (S&amp;D, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Mar&#237;a Soraya RODR&#205;GUEZ RAMOS (Renew, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sara MATTHIEU (Greens/EFA, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ib&#225;n GARC&#205;A DEL BLANCO (S&amp;D, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Henna VIRKKUNEN (EPP, FI), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Maria ARENA (S&amp;D, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Malte GALL&#201;E (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), &#214;zlem DEMIREL (The Left, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Enik&#337; GY&#336;RI (NI, HU), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), M&#243;nica Silvana GONZ&#193;LEZ (S&amp;D, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Kostas PAPADAKIS (NI, EL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Maria-Manuel LEIT&#195;O-MARQUES (S&amp;D, PT), -