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
adverse environmental impact
A regulatory term referring to an adverse impact on the environment resulting from the breach of the prohibitions and obligations listed in Part I.
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Read termadverse human rights impact
A regulatory term referring to an impact on persons resulting from: (i) an abuse of one of the human rights listed in Part I, Section 1.
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Read termadverse impact
A regulatory term referring to an adverse environmental impact or adverse human rights impact.
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Read termappropriate measures
A regulatory term referring to measures that are capable of achieving the objectives of due diligence by effectively addressing adverse impacts in a ma.
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Read termauthorised representative
A cross-regulation actor term for a person or entity mandated to act on behalf of another economic actor under specified legal conditions.
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Read termbusiness partner
A regulatory term referring to an entity: (i) with which the company has a commercial agreement related to the operations.
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Read termbusiness relationship
A regulatory term referring to the relationship of a company with a business partner.
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Read termchain of activities
A regulatory term referring to (i) activities of a companys upstream business partners related to the production of goods or the provision of services.
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Read termcompany
A regulatory term referring to any of the following: (i) a legal person constituted as one of the legal forms listed in Annexes I and II to Directive 2.
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Read termgroup of companies / group
A regulatory term referring to a parent company and all its subsidiaries.
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Read termindependent third-party verification
A regulatory term referring to verification of the compliance by a company, or parts of its chain of activities.
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Read termindustry or multi-stakeholder initiative
A regulatory term referring to a combination of voluntary due diligence procedures, tools and mechanisms, developed and overseen by governments.
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Read termOfficial source
Directive (EU) 2024/1760 on corporate sustainability due diligence
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