EU weakening of corporate sustainability rules ‘jeopardises’ climate action, critics say

A major revision to the EU’s law on corporate due diligence removes a requirement for large companies to publish plans to align their business model with global climate goals
The Vopak Solarpark Eemshaven has 19 hectares of solar modules with a capacity of 25 megawatts, as well as wind turbines, around the Vopak tank terminal in the industrial port of Eemshaven, Netherlands
Solar panels and wind turbines at the Vopak Solarpark in the industrial port of Eemshaven, Netherlands. (Photo: IMAGO/Jochen Tack via Reuters Connect)

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