Pu­bli­ca­tions

Policy briefs

• Helsen, L. & Huyse, H. (2026, October). After the CSRD and CSDDD revisions: exploring trade union opportunities. HIVA, KU Leuven.
   
• Bright, C., Elliott, J., Gonzalez De Aguinaga, S., Huyse, H., Marx, A., Otteburn, K., Pietropaoli, I. (2026). Accompanying Measures. Policy Brief 3. Transposing the CSDDD – Navigating Legal Uncertainties amidst the Omnibus proposal and Implementation Challenges. NOVA Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, and HIVA Research Institute for Work and Society.
   
• Bright, C., Elliott, J., Gonzalez De Aguinaga, S., Huyse, H., Marx, A., Otteburn, K., Pietropaoli, I. (2026). Overcoming Transposition Challenges of the CSDDD: Some Best Practices. Policy Brief 2. Transposing the CSDDD – Navigating Legal Uncertainties amidst the Omnibus proposal and Implementation Challenges. NOVA Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, and HIVA Research Institute for Work and Society.
   
• Bright, C., Elliott, J., Ganser, A., Gonzalez De Aguinaga, S., Hylander, M., Huyse, H., Marx, A., Otteburn, K., Pietropaoli, I., Rühmkorf, A., & Uvarova, O. (June 2026). From transposition to transformation: Designing and enforcing effective national HREDD laws. Nova Centre, BIICL, GGS, HIVA, WS, GRC.  
  
• Helsen, L., & Huyse, H. (February 2026). Socially Responsible Public Procurement: the central role of supporting structures. HIVA, KU Leuven.
   
• Bright, C., Elliott, J., Gonzalez De Aguinaga, S., Huyse, H., Marx, A., Otteburn, K., Pietropaoli, I. (2025). Implementing the CSDDD: Lessons learnt from the comparative experiences. Policy Brief 1. Transposing the CSDDD – Navigating Legal Uncertainties amidst the Omnibus proposal and Implementation Challenges. NOVA Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, and HIVA Research Institute for Work and Society.
   
• Bright, C., Elliott, J., Gonzalez De Aguinaga, S., Huyse, H., Marx, A., & Otteburn, K., Pietropaoli, I. (July 2025). Transposing the CSDDD – Navigating legal uncertainties amidst the Omnibus proposal and implementation challenges: All-Panel summary. NOVA Centre, BIICL, KU Leuven, HIVA.
   
• Huyse, H., & Helsen, L. (July 2025). Socially Responsible Public Procurement: moving beyond islands of innovation and success? Policy Brief 1 – SRPP Review 2.0. HIVA, KU Leuven.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

• Marx, A., and K. Otteburn. 2026. “How Due Diligence Transforms Private Sustainability Governance: The Case of the Global Organic Textile Standard.” Global Policy 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.70188
   
• Marx, A. (2026). Withering Sustainability? The rise (and fall?) of sustainability due diligence. Journal of International Business Policy. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s42214-026-00248-8
   
• Helsen L, Huyse H (2026;), “The missing middle: intermediaries as enablers of HRDD in socially responsible public procurement”. Journal of Public Procurement, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOPP-01-2026-0009
   
• Marx, A. (2025). The European Union’s Directive on corporate sustainability development due diligence: an institutional design effectiveness analysis. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 27(6), 706–719. https://doi-org.kuleuven.e-bronnen.be/10.1080/1523908X.2025.2451698 

Blog posts

• Van Cappellen, H. (10 June 2026). Navigating the maze: what we learnt about HREDD tools from our Brussels workshop. MEDIATE Project. https://www.projectmediate.eu/files/Blogpost-10-june.pdf  
  
• Otteburn, K. (3 December 2025). Up the creek without a paddle: Intermediaries in sustainability due diligence. MEDIATE Project. https://www.projectmediate.eu/files/Blogpost-3-dec.pdf

Other

• Non-paper: Bonucci, N., Marx, A. and M. Scheltema (2026). Observations on effective public supervision under the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Available at: https://novabhre.novalaw.unl.pt/non-paper-observations-on-effective-public-supervision-under-the-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence-directive-csddd/
   
• Bright, C., Otteburn, K., Huyse, H., Marx, A. (2025). Study on the operational implementation and transposition in Belgium of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (2024/1760) of the European Union.
   
• Policy Report: United Nations Forum for Sustainability Standards (2025) The Future of Sustainable Trade. Due diligence initiatives, voluntary sustainability standards and developing countries. Geneva: United Nations. (co-editor and author Axel Marx)
   
• Policy report: UNCTAD (2024) Voluntary sustainability standards and sustainable development due diligence: The evolving landscape of sustainable trade. Geneva: UNCTAD. (co-author Axel Marx)