EU Due Diligence Requirements For Sustainability

The EU has the legally binding goal of becoming the world's first climate-neutral continent by 2050. In order to achieve this, the EU has introduced more stringent requirements for larger companies in order to ensure sustainability throughout the production and supply chain. An EU Directive for due diligence in relation to the environment and human rights (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive) was adopted on 13 June 2024. The Directive, also known as the CSDDD, or CS3D, contains extensive requirements for companies to identify and, whenever necessary, guard against, prevent, cease or mitigate adverse effects on human rights and the environment caused by their activities and also the activities of their business partners.