Take Action Now, Sustainability And Human Resources

What does ESG have to do with Human Resources?

At first glance, not much – but far from it! For years, not only global companies have been dealing with issues that are now on everyone's lips with buzzwords like ESG, sustainability, and green compliance. "Human Capital" is more than ever the focal point of successful management in a firm. Under the generic term "compliance", executive boards, PR and public policy teams, HR departments and works councils (in co-determined companies) are working on increasingly complex Codes of Conduct. This did not just start with the recent ESG hype.

What are the labor law issues?

Today's pandemic has brought topics like health and safety at work, work time rules, employee data protection but also factors such as diversity, gender equality and employee satisfaction to the forefront. The EU Commission recently codified reporting obligations on some of these issues. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is