The surprisingly wide scope of new EU sustainability law, and how the UK could set global self-driving car legal standards

Episode 11,   May 28, 05:00 PM

We look at at what the CSDDD means for companies - even those too small to be caught directly by the law, or those based outside the EU. If you want to sell to big companies, you probably need to comply.
And we examine the far-sighted new autonomous vehicle law passed in the UK, and analyse the importance of it defining crucial terms, such as what 'autonomous' and 'safe' actually mean in legal terms when it comes to self-driving cars.

0'40 News roundup
3'14 EU passes CSDDD
3'55 What the new law says
4'56 Why the law applies to smaller and non-EU companies too
6'00 What businesses need to show they have done to comply
7'09 What companies should do now to prepare

9'31 UK passes autonomous vehicles law
10'12 What the law says
11'43 What happens if there is an incident in a self-driving car. Companies are liable for the first time.
13'39 Who is liable, car makers or self-driving software companies?
16'00 How the UK could influence laws elsewhere

The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) requires companies to reduce environmental and human rights damage, and Laura Ayre explains how it will govern the behaviour of more companies than you might think; and Leo Parkington examines whether the UK’s new self-driving car law will set legal standards for the rest of the world. Never miss a story, sign up for business law updates.

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