by Samantha Rowe, Patricia Volhard, Jin-Hyuk Jang, John Young, Ulysses Smith, Jesse Hope, Harry Just, and Andrew Lee
On 24 May 2024, the European Council (the “Council”) formally adopted the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (the “CSDDD” or the “Directive”). The regime introduces human rights, environmental and governance due diligence obligations for in scope companies’ and their subsidiaries’ operations, and in their “chain of activities”, which are companies’ supply and distribution chains.