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Gain visibility across operations and value chains to pinpoint human rights and environmental risks. SUPPLIERASSURANCE enables supplier-led mapping and data collection to build a defensible due diligence foundation.
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) requires companies to identify, prevent, and address human rights and environmental risks across their operations and value chains. From tackling forced labour and modern slavery to mitigating impacts on climate, biodiversity, and land use, the directive establishes binding obligations for responsible business conduct.
NQC’s SUPPLIERASSURANCE platform helps organisations prepare by combining supplier-led traceability, OECD-aligned risk assessment, evidence collection, and corrective action tracking. Trusted by global leaders, it enables companies to demonstrate due diligence and build transparent, compliant, and sustainable supply chains.
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) introduces complex obligations for companies across all sectors. Which entities are in scope, what responsibilities apply, and what evidence will regulators expect? This section outlines the directive’s practical requirements and how organisations can begin preparing for compliance now.
The CSDDD is an EU law requiring companies to identify, prevent, and address adverse human rights and environmental impacts within their operations and value chains. It transforms due diligence from a voluntary exercise into a legal obligation, establishing accountability for responsible business conduct across global supply chains.
The directive applies to:
Companies must identify and address risks such as forced labour, modern slavery, unsafe working conditions, and other violations of core labour rights. Due diligence obligations extend to subsidiaries, suppliers, and other business partners throughout the value chain.
CSDDD requires companies to prevent and mitigate adverse impacts on climate, biodiversity, land use, pollution, and natural resources. Large companies must also adopt climate transition plans aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 2050 climate neutrality goal and EU Climate Law targets.
EU Member States must transpose the directive into national law by July 2027, and it will apply to in-scope companies from 2028.
National authorities will enforce the directive and may impose fines linked to company turnover. Member States must also ensure that victims can seek compensation for damages resulting from failures to conduct proper due diligence.
NQC’s SUPPLIERASSURANCE platform facilitates compliance by combining supplier-led traceability, OECD-aligned risk assessment, evidence collection, and corrective action tracking. A dedicated CSDDD assessment within the ASSURE module helps organisations gather and verify the data needed to demonstrate both human rights and environmental due diligence.
Gain visibility across operations and value chains to pinpoint human rights and environmental risks. SUPPLIERASSURANCE enables supplier-led mapping and data collection to build a defensible due diligence foundation.
Apply OECD-aligned risk assessment to evaluate, rank, and focus on the most material risks. The platform helps teams target the suppliers and areas where intervention is most needed.
Implement corrective actions, monitor outcomes, and maintain verifiable evidence of improvement. SUPPLIERASSURANCE provides an audit-ready record that demonstrates compliance and continuous progress.
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SUPPLIERASSURANCE delivers multi-tier visibility that goes far deeper than traditional tools.
Together, these modules give organisations transparency from finished products down to raw materials, helping them manage risk and compliance across every level of the supply chain, not just Tier 1.
SUPPLIERASSURANCE is built to help organisations demonstrate compliance with a wide range of global regulations, including the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act (UFLPA), the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
The platform aligns with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance by supporting a continuous cycle of risk identification, risk assessment, mitigation, and tracking. Each stage of the workflow is underpinned by modules designed for compliance:
This approach enables organisations to show regulators and stakeholders not only that they have mapped their supply chains, but that they are actively managing risks, mitigating impacts, and maintaining defensible evidence sets to protect market access.
Most tools stop at mapping, but SUPPLIERASSURANCE delivers the full OECD-aligned due diligence cycle. The platform is built around a continuous, risk-based process that recognises due diligence is never complete because supply chains evolve, markets shift, and new regulations emerge.
MINEAI provides a first-pass view of supply chain networks to flag potential risks.
MAP builds on this with supplier-confirmed data to improve traceability.
SURVEIL overlays external intelligence to create a more detailed and evolving risk profile.
ASSURE applies the right assessments to determine whether risks are real, independently verifies evidence, and issues corrective actions. Suppliers cycle back through ASSURE until risks are managed and progress is demonstrable.
This integrated workflow means SUPPLIERASSURANCE not only identifies and assesses risks but also drives mitigation and continuous improvement, something most platforms simply cannot provide.
Achieve multi-tier visibility and transparency across global supply chains.
Monitor supplier risks in real time to strengthen compliance and resilience.
Conduct targeted due diligence and produce defensible, compliant evidence.
Evaluate ESG performance and drive continuous improvement across your supply chain.
Meet OEM expectations with consistent, defensible due diligence reporting.