Welcome to the dawn of a new era in corporate accountability!. Last week, the European Parliament gave the green light to groundbreaking legislation – the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
This directive sets a bold new standard for the largest companies operating in the EU, mandating them to take proactive steps to prevent and address harm along their global value chains. Companies within scope will need to:
- Integrate human rights and environmental due diligence into their policies.
- Develop a process to identify and assess actual or potential adverse human rights and environmental impacts – both in their own operations and in the supply chain.
- Prevent or mitigate potential impacts.
- End or minimize actual impacts.
- Track the implementation and results to evaluate the effectiveness of due diligence procedures (at least once every 12 months).
- Publish an annual statement on their website to communicate the relevant due diligence measures taken during the previous calendar year.
- Establish and maintain a complaints procedure.
Feeling overwhelmed by all this? We completely understand. But implementing HRDD doesn't need to be complicated. Over the past decade, we've gained expertise from collaborating with the world's leading companies to tackle human rights risks in their supply chains.
Let's embark on this journey together. We're excited to empower you with the knowledge and best practices needed to navigate this new landscape of corporate responsibility.
- Rolling out training for janitors in China: Our team visited Shanghai and Chengdu to onboard employees at different retail sites and provide training on employment rights.
- Empower your global supply chain stakeholders: Roll out our new training, the Quizrr Supplier Code of Conduct, and leverage our fully digital onboarding flow designed to scale awareness of human rights and knowledge. Gather data on participation rates and training results to make proactive, risk-based decisions.
- Growing our team: We are on a mission to empower 100 million people worldwide. That’s why we need you! Learn more about our open positions on our career site.
