The EU-European Union has announced a bill that requires companies, including foreign companies operating in the region, to work to protect human rights and the environment.
Against the backdrop of the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, there is a growing movement in Europe to require companies to respond to human rights violations.
On the 23rd, the EU
announced a bill requiring companies to
respond to human rights violations such as forced labor and child labor and to
protect the environment .
The bill covers more than 16,000 EU and foreign companies with a certain number of employees and annual sales, which are protected by corporate employees and subsidiaries to protect human rights and the environment. We are requesting that we establish a code of conduct that should be taken.
If a company violates the law, it will take measures such as imposing a fine according to the sales.
Behind this bill is a law in the United States that prohibits the import of products that are believed to have been produced by forced labor in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The movement may be widespread.
Breton, a member of the European Commission, which is the EU's executive body, said, "The bill is for large companies, but their subcontractors in Europe." We can also reach out to our business partners around the world. "