Sustainability Duties in Action: EU Corporate Reporting and Due Diligence Rules and Their Impact on Energy and Extractive Companies in France, Germany and Norway
持続可能性義務の実践：EUの企業報告及びデューデリジェンス規則とフランス、ドイツ、ノルウェーのエネルギー・採掘企業への影響 (AI 翻訳)
Godwin Daramola
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日本語
EUのCSRDとCSDDDがエネルギー・採掘企業の行動に与える影響を、フランス、ドイツ、ノルウェーを事例に分析。取締役会の監督強化やバリューチェーンDD、気候関連開示の拡大など形式的変化が見られるが、深さや質、執行にはばらつきがある。実質的な環境・社会成果を得るには、より一貫した監督、明確な責任基準、ステークホルダー参加の強化が必要と結論。
English
This article examines how the EU's CSRD and CSDDD affect corporate behavior in the energy and extractive sectors across France, Germany, and Norway. It finds that while these directives have prompted formal changes like strengthened board oversight and expanded due diligence and climate reporting, the depth, quality, and enforcement vary significantly. The authors conclude that achieving substantive environmental and social outcomes requires more consistent supervision, clearer liability standards, and stronger stakeholder engagement.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本でもSSBJ基準の策定やサプライチェーンDDの法制化議論が進む中、EUの実践から示唆を得られる。特にエネルギー・採掘セクターにおける開示とDDの実効性比較は、日本の制度設計に有用。
In the global GX context
This paper provides a comparative analysis of the EU's new sustainability reporting and due diligence rules in the energy and extractive sectors, highlighting uneven implementation across countries. As other jurisdictions (e.g., US, Japan) develop similar frameworks, the findings on the gap between procedural compliance and substantive outcomes offer important lessons for global disclosure scholarship.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Useful for understanding the behavioral effects of mandatory sustainability regulation in high-impact sectors, and the variation in corporate responses across jurisdictions.
🏢実務担当者:Energy and extractive companies operating in the EU or with EU supply chains can anticipate governance and disclosure changes, and identify best practices from frontrunners.
🏛政策担当者:Policymakers in the EU and elsewhere can draw insights on enforcement gaps and the need for consistent supervision and stakeholder engagement to ensure regulatory effectiveness.
📄 Abstract（原文）
The European Union has significantly reshaped the legal landscape on corporate sustainability through a new generation of reporting and due-diligence instruments, notably the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the forthcoming Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD/CS3D). These reforms are particularly salient for energy and extractive companies, which face high environmental and human-rights risks and intense public scrutiny. This article examines how sustainability duties and reporting obligations are influencing corporate behaviour in the energy and extractive sectors, using France, Germany and Norway as comparative case studies within the broader EU framework. Drawing on legal and policy analysis of EU-level instruments, national legislation (including French vigilance and CSR-related measures, the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, and Norway’s implementation of the CSRD and Transparency Act), and secondary literature on corporate governance and ESG, the article evaluates emerging changes in governance structures, risk- management systems and disclosure practices of major energy and extractive firms. It argues that while the new duties have prompted formal changes such as strengthened board oversight of sustainability, expanded value-chain due diligence and more granular climate-related reporting substantial variation remains in depth, quality and enforcement across jurisdictions and companies. The article concludes that the EU’s evolving sustainability framework has real but uneven behavioural effects and that more consistent supervisory practice, clearer liability standards and stronger stakeholder engagement are required to convert procedural compliance into substantive environmental and social outcomes.
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- openaire https://doi.org/10.59324/ejiss.2026.2(1).08first seen 2026-05-14 22:27:41
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