Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) requires organisations to identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for adverse human rights and environmental impacts across their operations and value chains.
Origin helps organisations operationalise these requirements through structured supplier engagement, configurable due diligence workflows, and evidence-based reporting.
Focus
Human rights and environmental due diligence across operations and value chains.
Applies to
EU companies with more than 5,000 employees and over €1.5 billion in worldwide net turnover, and non-EU companies generating over €1.5 billion in net turnover within the EU. Certain franchising and licensing arrangements may also fall within scope.*
Core Requirements
Risk identification
Risk prioritisation
Prevention & mitigation
Corrective actions
Monitoring
Reporting
How Origin Supports
Embeds risk-based due diligence into everyday supplier management through configurable workflows, supplier engagement, and audit-ready evidence.
*EU Member States must transpose the amended directive into national law by 26 July 2028. The main requirements apply from 26 July 2029, with reporting provisions applying to financial years starting on or after 1 January 2030.
European Commission's CSDDD overview
Operational Challenges
Implementing CSDDD requires organisations to integrate risk-based due diligence into their existing operations and supplier management processes. Key challenges include:
Identifying areas of potential human rights and environmental risk across operations and supply chains
Prioritising further assessment based on the likelihood and severity of potential impacts
Collecting and evaluating reliable information and supporting evidence
Engaging suppliers and other relevant stakeholders throughout the due diligence process
Managing prevention, mitigation and remediation activities
Monitoring the effectiveness of actions and responding to changing risks
Maintaining documented decisions, evidence and records to support accountability and reporting
Rather than treating compliance as a reporting exercise, CSDDD requires organisations to embed due diligence into everyday supplier management.
Operational Requirement
How Origin Supports
Supplier visibility
Multi-tier supplier onboarding and supply chain mapping
Risk identification & prioritisation
Configurable risk models combining supplier information and external indicators to support risk-based assessment
Supplier engagement
Dynamic assessments, communications and evidence collection
Prevention & mitigation
Supplier engagement, policy management and structured workflows to support prevention and mitigation measures
Corrective actions
Structured Corrective Action Plans with progress tracking
Monitoring
Supplier profile updates, scheduled reviews and progress tracking to support ongoing monitoring
Documentation
Centralised evidence and complete audit trails
Reporting
Dashboards and exportable reports supporting governance and disclosure