Declaration of Copenhagen: business scholars warn EU ‘simplification’ risks climate goals, competitiveness

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Supply chain and sustainable reporting rules require large companies to address and report on human rights and environmental impacts, but proposed rollbacks would leave only the very largest firms covered  (Photo: Dave Herring)
Declaration of Copenhagen: business scholars warn EU ‘simplification’ risks climate goals, competitiveness
Green Economy
by Wester van 
        Gaal, Amsterdam, 
The EU's green rules are being rolled back at breakneck speed. 
At the start of her second term, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen promised to cut regulation by a quarter, framing it as essential for Europe’s competitiveness.
The first casualties came in February wi...
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Green Economy
Author BioWester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.
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Supply chain and sustainable reporting rules require large companies to address and report on human rights and environmental impacts, but proposed rollbacks would leave only the very largest firms covered (Photo: Dave Herring)

Author Bio

Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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