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.
Company is part of the formal vocabulary used in supply-chain due diligence, adverse-impact governance, and corporate responsibility. For this glossary, the key point is understanding how the source defines the term and where that definition sits within broader compliance or data requirements.
Directive (EU) 2024/1760 on corporate sustainability due diligence
any of the following: (i) a legal person constituted as one of the legal forms listed in Annexes I and II to Directive 2013/34/EU; (ii) a legal person constituted in accordance with the law of a third country in a form comparable to those listed in Annexes I and II to Directive 2013/34/EU; (iii) a regulated financial undertaking, regardless of its legal form, which is: — a credit institution, as defined in Article 4(1), point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 the European Parliament and of the Council (33); — an investment firm, as defined in Article 4(1), point (1), of Directive 2014/65/EU the European Parliament and of the Council (34); — an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM), as defined in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2011/61/EU, including a manager of European venture capital funds (EuVECA), as referred to in Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (35), a manager of European social entrepreneurship funds (EuSEF), as referred to in Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (36), and a manager of European long-term investment funds (ELTIF), as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council (37); — a management company, as defined in Article 2(1), point (b), of Directive 2009/65/EC; — an insurance undertaking, as defined in Article 13, point (1), of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (38); — a reinsurance undertaking, as defined in Article 13, point (4), of Directive 2009/138/EC; — an institution for occupational retirement provision within the scope of Directive (EU) 2016/2341 in accordance with Article 2 thereof, unless a Member State has chosen not to apply that Directive in whole or in part to those institutions for occupational retirement provision in accordance with Article 5 of that Directive; — a central counterparty, as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (39); — a central securities depository, as defined in Article 2(1), point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (40); — an insurance or reinsurance special purpose vehicle authorised in accordance with Article 211 of Directive 2009/138/EC; — a securitisation special purpose entity, as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council (41); — a financial holding company, as defined in Article 4(1), point (20), of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, an insurance holding company, as defined in Article 212(1), point (f), of Directive 2009/138/EC, or a mixed financial holding company, as defined in Article 212(1), point (h), of Directive 2009/138/EC, which is part of an insurance group that is subject to supervision at the level of the group pursuant to Article 213 of that Directive and which is not exempted from group supervision pursuant to Article 214(2) of Directive 2009/138/EC; — a payment institution, as referred to in Article 1(1), point (d), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council (42); — an electronic money institution, as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (43); — a crowdfunding service provider, as defined in Article 2(1), point (e), of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council (44); — a crypto-asset service provider, as defined in Article 3(1), point (15), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council (45), where performing one or more crypto-asset services, as defined in Article 3(1), point (16), of that Regulation;
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In practice, this term matters when mapping who is responsible for obligations, declarations, market placement, recordkeeping, or due-diligence steps within supply-chain due diligence, adverse-impact governance, and corporate responsibility.
For Minespider, company is best treated as a responsibility and workflow term. The important question is which actor, document, or compliance step the source is actually assigning through this definition.