On 15 March, the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the European Union (COREPER) gave its green light with a narrow majority to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). The European...

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD) which has the objective to anchor human rights and environmental considerations in companies’ operations and corporate ...

EIC and FIEC formulated their ‘Top 10 Messages’ for the ongoing negotiations on the proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in the European Parliament and the upcoming trilogue.

EIC and FIEC call on the EU Council and the European Parliament to reject the result from a provisional agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), which aims to enhance the protection of the environment and human rights...

EIC urges Contracting Authorities to become certified with ISO 37001, an anti-bribery management systems standard that was recently developed. ...

EIC welcomes that FIDIC has formulated in the Guidance section of the 2017 edition its five "Golden Principles" that it deems necessary to ensure its contracts remain recognisable as "FIDIC".FIDIC forms of contract progressively more risky for ...

EIC announces publishment of its Guide to the FIDIC 2017 “Yellow Book” for January 2020 at FIDIC International Users Conference 2019. ...

European international contractors have a long-standing record of delivering infrastructure projects in Africa, but had to progressively reduce their market presence over the past two decades due to the unlevel playing field in the competition with ...

EIC’s innovative “Blending 2.0” concept consists of EU concessional development loans arranged by Lead Financiers ,which are syndicated amongst commercial banks to the extent that commercial bank finance can be guaranteed by comprehensive insurance ...

The OECD Consensus, which is binding on all OECD countries, sets common minimum standards for the inclusion of local costs for export credits that are supported by a state export credit agency or with public funding.Over the past decades, the OECD ...

The World Bank has revised its Standard Procurement Documents and incorporated changes to enhance Environmental, Social, Health and Safety (ESHS) performance. The Works’ Requirements shall now include ESHS requirements to be satisfied by the Contract ...

Deloitte has presented the sixth edition of its annual Global Powers of Construction study (GPoC) that ranks the top 100 global construction companies...