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CSDDD Glossary

Definitions from CSDDD covering adverse impacts, business partners, due-diligence terminology, and the governance language behind supply-chain responsibility.

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High-level summary

Definitions from CSDDD covering adverse impacts, business partners, due-diligence terminology, and the governance language behind supply-chain responsibility.

CSDDD matters to Minespider because it formalizes the language of supply-chain due diligence, remediation, and corporate responsibility. These definitions shape how companies structure risk, evidence, and accountability across business relationships.

Who it affects

  • Large companies in scope of sustainability due-diligence obligations
  • Legal and compliance teams designing due-diligence systems
  • Procurement and supplier-management teams
  • Partners asked to provide evidence of impact management and remediation

Key defined terms

A short curated set of terms to help readers orient themselves before moving into the full regulation-specific glossary.

adverse impact

CSDDD’s umbrella trigger for adverse environmental impacts and adverse human rights impacts that due-diligence systems must identify and address.

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adverse environmental impact

A CSDDD environmental-impact trigger tied to the specific prohibitions and obligations listed in the Directive’s Annex.

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adverse human rights impact

A CSDDD human-rights impact trigger tied to rights and prohibitions listed in the Directive’s Annex and referenced international instruments.

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appropriate measures

CSDDD’s proportionality standard for measures capable of addressing an adverse impact and calibrated to severity, likelihood, and circumstances.

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chain of activities

CSDDD’s legally bounded scope for upstream and selected downstream activities covered by corporate due diligence.

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business partner

A CSDDD relationship-scope term covering direct and indirect entities connected to a company’s operations, products, or services.

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business relationship

The CSDDD linkage between a company and a business partner that helps determine where due-diligence obligations can attach.

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independent third-party verification

A CSDDD assurance concept for external checks of a company’s compliance or parts of its chain of activities.

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authorised representative

An EU-established person or entity with a written mandate to act on behalf of another economic actor for specified regulatory tasks.

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