Season 5: Episode 6 - Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

The Compliance Files

In this weeks episode, Kathy Jacobs, former President of Compliance Institute speaks with Greta Koch, Policy adviser and press officer to Axel Voss, MEP, European Parliament on the latest addition to Sustainability Regulation the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

Greta describes how she became an advisor to Axel Voss in the European Parliament and her role. Greta explains where her interest in sustainability started. Greta discusses why the EU considered that an EU-wide supply chain due diligence legislation is required and what the process was for bringing the CS3D from a Proposal through to final approval. Greta explains what the changes were and why they were made and what the main provisions and the timelines of the CS3D are. Greta outlines what she anticipates will be the major challenges in the roll-out and implementation of CS3D across the EU and what she thinks will be the major challenges for in-scope organisations.