The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – an overview

Leonie Evans, Meisterernst Rechtsanwälte (law firm), advises and represents national and international clients in all matters of German and European food and feed law as well as intellectual property and competition law. The focus of her legal work is on providing comprehensive advice to nationally and internationally operating companies in the food industry, in particular on issues of product categorisation and marketability, on labelling and product advertising of food supplements, foods for special medical purposes (FSMP), organic and conventional foodstuffs. She also focuses on sustainability issues, the EU Green Deal, EU sustainability legislation such as CSDDD, CSRD, EUDR, Green claims, packaging law and the German Act on supply chain due diligence (LkSG)

Andreas Meisterernst, Meisterernst Rechtsanwälte (law firm), primarily advises and represents national and international companies from the food and consumer goods industry with regard to the entire regulatory framework, often in complex cases at the interface between law and science. His focus is on strategic aspects of product development, distribution in the EU including contract drafting, labelling and advertising with a particular focus on the impact of unfair commercial practices (e.g. health claims, green claims, law on unfair competition). He advises on internal risk management and corporate social responsibility in the value chain including EU and national sustainability legislation and stakeholder issues.