Corporate sustainability rules under review by the European Ombudsman

The European Ombudsman has asked the European Commission (EC) for information on the preparation of new rules to simplify European Union (EU) sustainability rules for companies.
According to a press release, Teresa Anjinho is investigating a complaint regarding the EC's failure to comply with its "guidelines for better regulation." The issue at hand is the preparation of a legislative proposal on corporate sustainability disclosure and due diligence, which is part of its Omnibus simplification package.
Teresa Anjinho asked the Commission to explain why it did not carry out an impact assessment, a public consultation or a climate coherence assessment, and why an internal consultation between the executive services on the draft proposal lasted only 24 hours.
The request for further information follows a request to inspect relevant documents and a meeting between representatives of the European Ombudsman's Office and the Commission in June.
At this meeting, the EU executive explained how it had drawn up the legislative proposal to amend the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
In the letter, cited by the Lusa news agency, the ombudsman considers that, "although the legislative proposal in question should, in principle, have required a full impact assessment, the Commission did not carry out this, having prepared an analytical document, in the form of a community services working document."
The Commission has until September 15 to respond.
Jornal Sol