ecoDa EU Alert – Week 49

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European Institutions Developments

  • EC: Capital Markets Union: New proposal to make EU capital markets more attractive
  • EU: Directive on improving the gender balance among directors of listed companies has been published
  • EU: Deal to stop deforestation
  • Council: Agrees its negotiating mandate on the environmental crime directive

European Developments

  • European organisations: Joint statement on the CS3D
  • Audit committees’ role in fighting fraud

National Developments

  • France: The first trial related to due diligence shows how hard it is to enforce the law
  • Austria: New EU supply chain law makes waves
  • UK: FRC to introduce new support measures for smaller audit firms

International Developments

  • BlackRock chief pressured to resign over ESG ’hypocrisy’