Today’s meeting (1st December) of EU ministers in the Competitiveness Council is a crucial moment to ensure businesses accountability for human rights abuses and environmental damage. Following almost three years after the announcement of a new EU legal framework to hold business to account- the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)- EU ministers will define their initial position on this proposed EU corporate accountability law.
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A Dutch court will give its verdict on Wednesday on a landmark bid by environmental groups to force oil giant Shell to meet greenhouse gas emissions targets in the Paris climate accords. Dubbed "the People versus Shell", the case was launched in 2019 by the Netherlands branch of Friends of the Earth, and is backed by six other groups and more than 17,000 Dutch citizens. Anglo-Dutch multinational Shell says it is making serious efforts to cut gas.