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OECD launches corporate due diligence 'checkers'

Ropes & Gray: Due diligence laws proposed in South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia

Danish Institute for Human Rights: Policies and regulations on transition minerals in Africa

Ropes & Gray offers predictions on 2026 sustainability requirements

Corporate Disclosures 2025 roundtables: Monitoring the volatile policy landscape for sustainability reporting

Summary of discussions

EU revises deforestation regulation

CSRD survives the Transatlantic "showdown"

Despite fierce US opposition, the EU has preserved the extraterritorial core of CSRD, albeit with a narrower scope. The debate now shifts from political resistance to practical implementation.

UK government handed model due diligence law

Anti-Slavery Commissioner drafts legislation on human rights due diligence and disclosures for large companies, urging policymakers to adopt in the next year

Final Omnibus text clears EU Parliament

MEPs vote to approve simplifications to corporate sustainability laws, following trilogue negotiations

Microsoft shareholders maintain support for human rights reporting

Proposals for disclosures on human rights due diligence gain over 25% of the vote at AGM, with filers highlighting controversies around data centres and the use of Microsoft technologies