The Corporate Push to Diminish Accountability in the EU

It was supposed to be a landmark law holding companies accountable for their global value chains. Instead, the CSDDD has been slashed.

This week’s episode dives into the investigation that exposed a corporate alliance determined to destroy European climate and human rights legislation. It follows the timeline from the formation of the fossil-fuel-backed “Competitiveness Roundtable” to the controversial December 2025 agreement that stripped the law of its power.

Tune in to this analysis of the “Omnibus I” simplification package, the EU Ombudswoman’s finding of maladministration in Brussels, and how an alliance of conservatives and the far-right was apparently willing to support the corporate capture of EU policymaking.

More:

* SoMo Coverage (https://www.somo.nl/the-secretive-cabal-of-us-polluters-that-is-rewriting-the-eus-human-rights-and-climate-law/)

* Economic Effects of the CSDDD and Omnibus I (https://emedien.arbeiterkammer.at/viewer/image/AC17640802/)

* Deal between the EU Parliament and the EU Council on Omnibus I (https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/12/09/council-and-parliament-strike-a-deal-to-simplify-sustainability-reporting-and-due-diligence-requirements-and-boost-eu-competitiveness/)

* Ombudswoman finds maladministration in push for simpification (https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/press-release/en/215989)


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