On 14 January 2025, 170 civil society groups, human rights and environmental defenders, trade unions and climate activists said #NoToOmnibus.

On 8 November 2024, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced she would introduce a proposal to amend three key pillars of the European Green Deal through an Omnibus law: the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and the EU Taxonomy Regulation.

This backlash against the EU’s sustainability framework comes at a time when business accountability is critically needed:

• Risks creating a race to the bottom in value chain standards, increasing exploitation and environmental harm.
• Rewards companies that failed to prepare to comply with these legislations while destabilising countries already implementing these laws.
• Undermines progress made by the #EUGreenDeal instead of fostering a race to the top.

We urge President Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission:

• Actively protect these EU corporate accountability laws.
• Reaffirm the official timeline for their transposition and implementation.
• Be fully transparent about the #Omnibus process.

The EU must lead on in the protection of human rights, environment and climate—not backtrack...