Positions

The long-awaited new EU Trade Policy comes with some interesting suggestions on how to better include the sustainability dimension whilst preserving European economic resilience. However, it fails to provide enough details on how these commitments will translate into operational solutions. Although amfori welcomes the sentiment behind the Commission’s Trade Policy Review, we would certainly appreciate having clearer indications on the Commission’s working plans. 

Following the European Parliament’s adoption of the report on “corporate due diligence and corporate accountability”, and in the run-up to the publication by the European Commission of its legislative proposal in June, amfori wishes to reiterate its full support for action at EU level for the adoption of legislation on human rights and environmental due diligence.

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The EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences, a unilateral scheme that sets reduced duties on imports from developing countries, expires on 31 December 2023. amfori has already contributed to the Commission’s request for input toward the development of the scheme beyond that date. In this paper amfori looks at what reforms are needed.

amfori has teamed up with a group of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives and Associations to amplify  a call for businesses to undertake enhanced human rights due diligence and responsible purchasing practices in Myanmar.

Support for EU framework on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence.

amfori believes that economic and sustainable concerns are not mutually exclusive. The EU Recovery Plan should not only pull companies out of the crisis but also push them towards a more sustainable future.

Tackling all forms of forced labour in supply chains represents a crucial part of achieving amfori’s mission to enable all our members to enhance human prosperity.

amfori reacts to the proposal to suspend fundamental labour rights as a measure to recover from COVID-19 crisis.