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The EU Omnibus: What’s at Stake for Business, People, and the Planet | Blog | Sustainable Business Network and Consultancy | BSR A leaked document has indicated that on January 29, the EU will release details on the Omnibus Simplification Package, which proposes to streamline reporting requirements across three key EU Green Dea...

A leaked document has indicated that on January 29, the EU will release details on the Omnibus Simplification Package, which proposes to streamline reporting requirements across three key EU Green Deal laws. Here's what businesses need to know ahead of the proposal’s release.

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Trump demands countries surrender tax sovereignty at economic gunpoint | Tax Justice Network US President Donald Trump has signalled plans to question the right of any country to tax American multinational corporations and is threatening to take countermeasures against countries that do not, ...

ICYMI “Trump hasn’t just killed the OECD’s weak tax reforms, he’s effectively threatening to scrap everything built over the last century and to take the world back to ‘robber baron’-era tax policies." #UNtaxConvention
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If drug cartels are designated as terrorist organizations:

Are U.S. gun vendors, businesses, and banks that launder cartel's money and U.S. drug consumers going to be labeled as persons providing material support/resources to FTOs?

Will Mexico be designated as a "State sponsor of terrorism"?

EU: Major businesses urge Commission to ensure 'Omnibus' approach will not allow renegotiation of agreed texts, incl. CSDDD - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

🗣️ Nestlé, Unilever, Mars, Primark, Ferrero & others call on #EU Commission to not reopen #CSDDD legal text if #omnibus moves ahead. Instead, support biz competitiveness by developing clear guidance to support #CSDDD implementation.

Full statement ➡️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...

How microplastics are destroying soil and human health Plastic-contaminated soils affect food security, water quality and ecosystems, making soil health a critical global issue.

How microplastics are destroying soil and human health

#PlasticsTreaty

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Integrating Climate and Nature: A Dual Approach to Business Resilience | Blog | Sustainable Business Network and Consultancy | BSR Learn how businesses can better understand the climate and nature nexus and how BSR is guiding our member companies in creating more integrated strategies that consider impacts on human livelihoods.

Over half the world’s GDP depends on nature; an est. $58 trillion is exposed to nature-related risk.

Forward-thinking companies should understand that addressing climate change and protecting nature are intrinsically linked, and that true resilience requires an integrated strategy.

#climatechange

A Launchpad for Action: Key Tech and Human Trafficking Priorities in 2025 | Blog | Sustainable Business Network and Consultancy | BSR Following the third annual Tech Against Trafficking Summit, BSR’s Technology and Human Rights teams share six key priorities for business action on leveraging technology to combat modern slavery.

While profits from forced labor have risen by 37% over the last decade, efforts to eradicate these crimes are ramping up, in part due to new technological interventions.

BSR experts share key tech and human trafficking priorities for business in 2025, following the Tech Against Trafficking Summit.