Value Chain Resilience & Due Diligence

Build the due diligence systems, supply chain visibility, and compliance infrastructure that regulators and investors now demand.

  • Human rights risk, environmental degradation, and circular economy obligations are no longer reputational concerns — they are legal liabilities with director-level accountability. We help organisations build the governance systems, risk processes, and evidence infrastructure required to demonstrate compliance and protect enterprise value.

Who This Is For

Chief Procurement Officers, Legal and Compliance Directors, Supply Chain Directors, and Sustainability teams responsible for due diligence, supplier engagement, human rights risk management, and regulatory compliance across complex global value chains.

What We Deliver

CSDDD Due Diligence Systems

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive requires companies to identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for adverse human rights and environmental impacts across their value chains. We design and implement the due diligence management system — risk taxonomy, screening methodology, prioritisation framework, mitigation protocols, grievance mechanisms, and board-level governance — required to meet the directive's six-step process.

Human Rights Risk Assessment

Salient human rights risk identification aligned with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. We conduct sector-specific and geography-specific risk assessments, stakeholder engagement processes, and impact evaluation to produce a defensible human rights risk register that prioritises action where severity is greatest.

Supply Chain Mapping & Traceability

Effective due diligence requires visibility. We help organisations map their supply chains beyond Tier 1, identify high-risk nodes, and implement traceability systems that connect raw material sourcing to finished product. This includes supplier self-assessment design, on-site audit protocols, data collection architecture, and escalation procedures for non-compliance.

Circular Economy & Product Compliance

From ESPR ecodesign requirements to EU Batteries Regulation recycled content mandates, circular economy obligations are becoming law. We help organisations redesign product architectures, establish take-back and recycling systems, quantify circularity metrics, and build the compliance infrastructure for product-level environmental declarations including Digital Product Passports.

Regulatory Context

This practice is driven by:

    • CSDDD (Directive (EU) 2024/1760) — Mandatory corporate due diligence across value chains covering human rights and environmental adverse impacts; 6-step process aligned with OECD Guidelines. → CSDDD Guide

    • ESPR (Regulation (EU) 2024/1781) — Ecodesign requirements for virtually all physical products placed on the EU market, including Digital Product Passports. → ESPR Guide

    • EU Batteries Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542) — Battery-specific due diligence, recycled content mandates, and Digital Battery Passport requirements. → EU Batteries Guide

    • EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115) — Due diligence and traceability obligations for seven commodity-linked supply chains: cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya, and wood. Article forthcoming.

    • EU Forced Labour Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/3015) — Product ban for goods made with forced labour; investigation and remediation procedures for economic operators.

    • Conflict Minerals Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/821) — Supply chain due diligence for importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold from conflict-affected areas.

    • CSRD / ESRS S1-S4, E1-E5 — Due diligence-grounded disclosure requirements covering own workforce, value chain workers, affected communities, consumers, and all environmental topics. → CSRD Guide | → ESRS Guide

    • Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) — Packaging recyclability, recycled content, and Extended Producer Responsibility requirements across supply chains.

    • Critical Raw Materials Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1252) — Strategic mineral supply chain due diligence and recycling obligations for critical and strategic raw materials.

    • REACH (Regulation (EC) 1907/2006) — Chemical substance registration, restriction, and data requirements across supply chains.

    • General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) (Regulation (EU) 2023/988) — Product safety and traceability obligations for manufacturers and importers.

    • Waste Framework Directive — Extended Producer Responsibility and waste hierarchy obligations affecting product end-of-life management.

    • European Commission CSDDD Implementation Guidance (expected 2026) — Forthcoming guidance on practical application of the due diligence obligations.

    • National Due Diligence Laws — France (Loi de Vigilance, 2017), Germany (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, 2023), Norway (Transparency Act, 2022); existing national-level obligations that precede and run alongside the CSDDD.

    • EFRAG Implementation Guidance on Value Chain (IG 2) — Technical guidance on value chain boundary-setting and data collection for ESRS purposes.

    • Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Act — Netherlands-specific legislation on child labour risk assessment in supply chains.

    • UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) — International authoritative standard for corporate human rights due diligence; explicitly referenced in CSDDD Article 4.

    • OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct (2023 update) — Due diligence framework underpinning CSDDD methodology and sector-specific guidance.

    • OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals — Sector-specific due diligence standard for mineral supply chains.

    • ILO Core Conventions — Fundamental labour standards on forced labour, child labour, discrimination, and freedom of association; listed in CSDDD Annex.

    • ISO 20400:2017 — Sustainable procurement guidance standard for integrating sustainability into purchasing processes.

    • ISO 14001 / ISO 45001 — Environmental and occupational health and safety management systems providing operational evidence for due diligence.

    • TNFD Recommendations (v1.0) — Nature and biodiversity risk disclosure framework relevant for nature-related value chain due diligence. Article forthcoming.

    • EcoVadis — Business sustainability ratings platform covering environment, labour practices, ethics, and sustainable procurement across supply chains.

    • Sedex / SMETA — Supplier ethical data exchange and social audit methodology for labour rights and working conditions.

    • amfori BSCI — Social compliance audit framework for improving working conditions in global supply chains.

    • Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct — Industry coalition code covering labour, health and safety, environment, and ethics for electronics and related supply chains.

    • FSC / PEFC — Forest Stewardship Council and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification; chain-of-custody certification for wood and paper products.

    • RSPO / Rainforest Alliance — Commodity-specific certification schemes relevant for EUDR compliance in palm oil, cocoa, and coffee supply chains.

    • GS1 Digital Link / EPCIS — Technical standards for Digital Product Passport data infrastructure and supply chain event traceability.

Enhanced by Data & Intelligence

Climatig provides physical risk intelligence at the supply chain node level — identifying which supplier locations face material climate hazards that threaten continuity. This transforms due diligence from a compliance exercise into a resilience strategy, linking CSDDD obligations with operational risk management.

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