How to navigate due diligence requirements in your value chain?

More and more companies are occupied with remediating ESG impacts up and downstream. Are you ready?

What to expect:

• Introduction to due diligence legislation: Understand who the directive affects, its implications, and the compliance timelines.
• Implementing due diligence: Learn practical steps to start your due diligence process, from risk analysis to supplier engagement strategies.
• Client case study: Hear real-world insights from companies successfully implementing due diligence practices.

What is the CSDDD?

Due diligence is addressed in several legislations (think of CSRD, Deforestation, Reach, ..). One of these, CSDDD, sets the topic at the centre. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is an EU directive that aims to ensure that companies within its scope implement comprehensive human rights and environmental due diligence processes. Introduced as part of the EU's commitment to sustainable and responsible business practices, the directive obliges companies to identify, assess, prevent, and mitigate adverse impacts tied to their operations, subsidiaries, and business partners throughout their supply chains.

The directive targets EU and non-EU companies with a turnover of at least EUR 450 million and over 1,000 employees. However, as the directive fosters sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour throughout global value chains, all companies will be impacted at least indirectly. At the beginning of 2025, the legislation itself is being challenged, and proposals are submitted to reduce its current requirements and scope.