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CSDDD: EU Corporate Due Diligence Rules

The CSDDD (Directive 2024/1760, also called CS3D) is the regulation that turns voluntary ESG commitments into legal obligations with teeth. If your company has >1,000 employees or >€450M turnover, you're legally required to identify, prevent, and remediate human rights and environmental harms in your supply chain — and if you don't, you can be sued.

It closes a gap that's existed for decades: companies could talk about ethical supply chains without any legal framework forcing them to actually do something about problems they found. CSDDD changes that.

German Supply Chain Act (LkSG) Compliance Software

If you've got 1,000+ employees in Germany, the LkSG already applies to you — and BAFA isn't messing around. Fines can hit €8 million or 2% of annual turnover, and the seven due diligence obligations (§4–§10) cover everything from risk analysis to complaints procedures to annual BAFA reporting.

Here's the thing: LkSG compliance isn't a one-time project. It's an annual cycle of risk analysis, preventive measures, documentation, and reporting. LkSG compliance software won't replace the human rights expertise you need, but it'll stop you from drowning in paperwork while BAFA asks for your records.