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2021-2022 Trócaire Annual Report
Learn MoreSweatshops, deforestation, child labour. Right now the EU is negotiating a law to stop these and other corporate abuses across the globe. But it’s being watered down. As it stands, the draft law lets some of the worst corporate offenders ‘off the hook’ for the harms they cause.
The current draft shields companies producing pesticides, weapons and surveillance technology from scrutiny.
Together we need to rescue this law before it’s too late.
MEPs are currently debating the draft law, but time is tight.
Take action now by emailing your MEPs asking them to ensure the law is strengthened in order to protect people and planet.
Just select your constituency, fill in your details and press send. The pre-written email below will be sent to your MEPs.
Trócaire is a member of the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights. For more information on the coalition, and to read case-studies of Irish companies complicit in human rights abuses, click here
Dear MEP
As your constituent I am writing to share my concern with you about the adverse impact corporations are having across the world on the environment, on human rights and on human rights defenders.
Last month EU member states agreed to weaken the text of the European Commission’s proposed new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence directive, a law that has the potential to end appalling corporate human rights and environmental abuses including child labour, land grabs, deforestation and oil spills.
The watered-down text agreed by the Council of the EU doesn’t cover the full value chain, and as such, shields companies producing pesticides, weapons or surveillance technology from scrutiny for the harms their products and services create. In addition, the text leaves the inclusion of the financial sector in the legislation at the discretion of each member state.
Given the European Parliament has yet to finalise its own position on this directive, I urge you to use your influence in the European Parliament to try and address the serious weaknesses that have been introduced.
It’s essential that Irish MEPs like you step up to ensure there is a strong EP position on this directive. Key upcoming votes in committees and in plenary give Irish MEPs the opportunity to strengthen this as a much more effective directive. A weak law that becomes a ‘tickbox exercise’ for companies could be worse than no law.
The key areas that I would like to see improved are:
Please act to ensure that the European Parliament takes action to strengthen this directive.
I would appreciate any updates on your work, and/ or the work of your European Parliament grouping on the specifics of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence directive.
Yours sincerely,
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