9th Annual Corporate Governance Conference

4 Dec - 5 Dec 2024

Session information

Unpacking the CSDDD

Thursday 5 December (0900 - 1015)

Description

Following a roller-coaster legislative process started in February 2022, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is in its final stages of adoption, which will set into law obligations for large companies with significant activities in the EU to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence in their own operations and across their chains of activities. This will have the effect of increased regulator, investor and consumer scrutiny of the way companies manage their business relationships and supply chains. Good governance and risk mitigation will play a key role in dealing with this scrutiny. Our panel will explore what has been agreed under the CSDDD, what this means for businesses, in particular reflecting on lessons learned from supply chain diligence regimes on the European continent, and the extraterritorial scope of the CSDDD.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Lise Lotte Hjerrild Horten, Copenhagen, Denmark; LPD Representative, Management Board

Speakers

Rabel Akhund Akhund Forbes, Karachi, Pakistan; Co-Vice Chair , Capital Markets Forum
Anniina Jarvinen Hannes Snellman, Helsinki, Finland
Marie-Aude Noury Squair, Paris, France; Chair, Structured Finance Subcommittee
Udo Olgemoeller A&O Shearman, Frankfurt, Germany