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EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Directive (EU) 2024/1760

EU directive requiring large in-scope companies to address adverse human-rights and environmental impacts in their own operations, subsidiaries, and chains of activities.

Use It For

Use this as the mandatory due-diligence comparator for CSR and ESG. It helps students distinguish general social-responsibility clauses from operational duties to identify, prevent, mitigate, and remedy adverse impacts.

Teaching Notes

As amended, the directive applies to a narrower set of very large companies. Students should check consolidated EU texts before relying on precise thresholds.