CLE Vlog with Prof. Kevin Davis (NYU) on the Inclusion of the Global South in EU Supply Chain Regulation

Prof. external page Kevin Davis' study (joint with Roy Germano and Lauren E. May from NYU) uses data from the EU’s ‘Have Your Say’ platform to examine how actors from the Global South responded to the European Commission’s formal consultation process on the proposed Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Actors from the Global South who participated in the consultation overwhelmingly supported the proposed due diligence framework. The CSDDD is supposed to establish a corporate due diligence standard on sustainability issues, such as environmental concerns, climate change, and human rights, for businesses operating in the EU.

However, the findings of Prof. Davis' external page study call into question the strength of the EU’s commitment to including affected actors from the Global South in regulatory processes. They are consistent with the hypotheses that actors from the South have limited capabilities to participate in formal consultation processes or believe that they lack the power to influence outcomes through those processes.

In this vlog episode, Prof. Davis talks about the background of the study, the findings, and its implications with Luca Baltensperger from the ETH Zurich Center for Law & Economics (CLE).