Laura Mercier

Laura Mercier

Reporter, Environment

I joined Contexte’s editorial team in January 2021 as a journalist for the “Environnement” section in Brussels. I started covering European news in 2019 as a freelance journalist for Contexte and then for the Swiss daily newspaper, Tribune de Genève. I have also worked for the European office of the Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun. I have a Master’s in European Affairs from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. I also have a Master’s degree in “Climate and the Media” from the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and the School of Journalism in Lille. 

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Their articles

Corporate sustainability: von der Leyen’s majority collides with a coalition of opposites Corporate sustainability: von der Leyen’s majority collides with a coalition of opposites
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Corporate sustainability: von der Leyen’s majority collides with a coalition of opposites

A fragile deal to reform corporate supply chain laws has been upended by a knife-edge vote in the European Parliament on 22 October. An uneasy coalition of the chamber’s left wing, which thinks the simplification measures go too far, made common cause with the extreme right, which thinks they don’t go far enough, to oppose the deal agreed by centrists about a week ago. The issue will be put to a further vote on 13 November. In the meantime, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s red-tape-cutting plan has an uncertain fate, and the centrist coalition that voted her into office has suffered another blow.
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
Hop on board the supply chain omnibus: Brussels’ push to simplify corporate sustainability rules Hop on board the supply chain omnibus: Brussels’ push to simplify corporate sustainability rules
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Hop on board the supply chain omnibus: Brussels’ push to simplify corporate sustainability rules

Negotiations on the European Commission’s proposal to simplify twin directives intended to encourage more responsible business practices are fast turning into a bidding war. As EU capitals and MEPs debate everything from climate plans and company size thresholds to legal liability and fines for wrongdoers, the simplification is getting remarkably complicated. Contexte takes a step back to help you understand where these directives are heading.
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
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Sustainable finance
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