Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

Companies will be required to identify and,where necessary, prevent, end or mitigate adverse impacts of their activities on human rights, such as child labour and exploitation of workers, and on the environment, for example pollution and biodiversity loss. For businesses these new rules will bring legal certainty and a level playing field. For consumers and investors they will provide more transparency. The new EU rules will advance the green transition and protect human rights in Europe and beyond. This proposal establishes a corporate sustainability due diligence duty to address negative human rights and environmental impacts.This proposal applies to the company's own operations, their subsidiaries and their value chains (direct and indirect established business relationships). In order to comply with the corporate due diligence duty, companies need to: integrate due diligence into policies; identify actual or potential adverse human rights and environmental impacts; prevent or mitigate potential impacts; bring to an end or minimise actual impacts; establish and maintain a complaints procedure; monitor the effectiveness of the due diligence policy and measures; and publicly communicate on due diligence.