A Business Duty to Conduct Human Rights Due Diligence - A First Look at the EU Draft Proposal

In February 2022, the European Commission published its Proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, advancing the push for a mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence for businesses operating in Europe. Please join us for a conversation with Markus Löning and Yousuf Aftab about the new EU draft proposal. We will hear their insights on the substantive mechanisms the Draft Proposal is introducing, how it will affect businesses around the globe and much more! 

Markus Löning is the founder and managing director of Löning - Human Rights & Responsible Business and an expert on practical and political aspects of business and human rights. Löning is a consulting agency based in Germany specializing in advising businesses on business and human rights issues.

Yousuf Aftab is a sustainability lawyer and strategist based in New York with over a decade of experience advising an array of Fortune 100 companies on all dimensions of human rights strategy, from governance design and due diligence to crisis management and disputes.

Speaker: Markus Löning (Löning- Human Rights and Responsible Business); Yousuf Astab (Atelier Aftab). 

Sponsor: RCC; Harvard European Law Association; Löning - Human Rights & Responsible Business.