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CSDDD / CS3D (EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive)

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The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive requires large companies to identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for adverse human rights and environmental impacts in their own operations, subsidiaries, and value chains. It applies to EU companies with >1,000 employees and >€450M turnover, and non-EU companies with >€450M EU turnover. Companies must adopt transition plans consistent with the Paris Agreement. The directive introduces civil liability for failure to prevent adverse impacts.

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