EU Corporate Social Responsibility

Our Food, Our Future - Thousands of young people helped push through new EU Due Diligence and Sustainability rules for human and environmental rights.

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"OurFood, OurFuture" helped to highlight the mistreatment of women and unfair buying practices in agriculture. Young project participants campaigned for an EU-wide Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The new EU legislation requires large companies to look deeper into their supply chains and systematically identify, mitigate, and report on environmental and human rights violations.

Around 4 000 young people signed and delivered a petition to EC Vice-President Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, and Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton. "OurFood, OurFuture" representatives also discussed the draft EU Directive with corporate and other policy decision makers. Ms Jourová and Mr Reynders acknowledged, in official letters, that the project contributed to the draft legislation. The European Parliament Resolution on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) included the agricultural sector as “high risk” for the disrespect and negligence of workers’ rights.  

The CS3D was provisionally agreed in December 2023. Once formally passed, it will impact not only EU companies, but those active in the EU and their value chains throughout the world. 

More info, sights & sounds:

• Campaign video 

• Story of the broken food system  

• Campaign statement to the European Commission, Parliament, and the Council 

For an overview of DEAR Programme impact, read other Stories of Change.

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