--- title: "EU CSDDD Requirements" canonical_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/csddd/requirements" source_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/csddd/requirements" author: "Sorena AI" description: "Map the main CSDDD requirements by article, including Article 7 policy, Article 8 identification, Article 9 prioritization." keywords: - "EU CSDDD requirements" - "CSDDD article by article" - "Article 7 policy" - "Article 8 identification" - "Article 9 prioritization" - "Article 14 complaints" - "Article 22 climate transition plan" - "EU CSDDD" - "Requirements" - "Articles 7 to 17" - "Article 22" - "Compliance" --- **[SORENA](https://www.sorena.io/)** - AI-Powered GRC Platform [Home](https://www.sorena.io/) | [Solutions](https://www.sorena.io/solutions) | [Artifacts](https://www.sorena.io/artifacts) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) | [Contact](https://www.sorena.io/contact) | [Portal](https://app.sorena.io) --- # EU CSDDD Requirements Map the main CSDDD requirements by article, including Article 7 policy, Article 8 identification, Article 9 prioritization. *EU CSDDD* *Requirements* ## EU CSDDD (Directive (EU) 2024/1760) Requirements overview Use this page when you need the shortest route from article text to implementation workstream. The goal is not to list every recital. It is to map the operative duties to what teams must build. The Directive is easiest to operate when it is broken into requirement tracks. The article map below shows what each major cluster requires, what it produces, and which internal teams usually own it. ## Track 1: scope, policy, and structure Article 2 sets scope. Article 6 and Article 7 shape how obligations can be performed at group level and how due diligence must be integrated into policies and risk management. This track decides who is responsible and what the program architecture looks like. Without this track, later measures drift because teams are not using the same entity perimeter or governance model. - Outputs: scope memo, group performance model, due diligence policy, code of conduct. - Key articles: Articles 2, 6, and 7. - Core teams: legal, governance, compliance, ESG. ## Track 2: impact identification and prioritization Articles 8 and 9 require identification, assessment, and prioritization of actual and potential adverse impacts. The work must use quantitative and qualitative information and should reflect severity and likelihood where not all impacts can be addressed at once. This is the analytical core of the Directive and the basis for later supplier action and remediation decisions. - Outputs: chain-of-activities register, risk map, in depth assessments, prioritization register. - Key articles: Articles 8 and 9. - Core teams: procurement, ESG, operations, risk, internal audit. ## Track 3: prevention, correction, and remediation Articles 10 to 12 are where the Directive expects visible action. Potential impacts need prevention and mitigation. Actual impacts need corrective action, and in some cases remediation. Contractual assurances are relevant but must be backed by verification and action logic. This track is where supplier plans, leverage strategy, responsible disengagement, and remediation governance should all connect. - Outputs: prevention plans, corrective action plans, contract clauses, remediation files. - Key articles: Articles 10, 11, and 12. - Core teams: procurement, legal, supplier quality, operations. ## Track 4: stakeholders, complaints, monitoring, and communication Articles 13 to 17 require stakeholder engagement, a complaints procedure, monitoring, annual communication, and ESAP related publication mechanics. These duties create a public and reviewable interface to the program. Weakness here often signals that the company built a supplier assessment process but not a full due diligence system. - Outputs: stakeholder log, complaints workflow, annual review, annual statement, ESAP process. - Key articles: Articles 13 to 17. - Core teams: compliance, legal, communications, ESG, reporting. ## Track 5: climate and enforcement architecture Article 22 requires the climate transition plan. Articles 23 to 29 create the authorized representative, supervisory authority, penalty, network cooperation, and civil liability architecture around the due diligence duty. This track tells you how the program will be scrutinized and what kinds of failures will create legal consequences. - Outputs: Article 22 plan, supervisory response pack, retention and litigation support controls. - Key articles: Articles 22 to 29. - Core teams: sustainability, legal, compliance, finance, executive leadership. *Recommended next step* *Placement: after the requirement breakdown* ## Operationalize EU CSDDD (Directive (EU) 2024/1760) Requirements overview across ESG workflows ESG Compliance can take EU CSDDD (Directive (EU) 2024/1760) Requirements overview from turning the requirements into assigned actions to a reusable workflow inside Sorena. Teams working on EU CSDDD (Directive (EU) 2024/1760) can keep owners, evidence, and next steps aligned without copying this guide into separate documents. - [Open ESG Compliance for EU CSDDD (Directive (EU) 2024/1760) Requirements overview](/solutions/esg-compliance.md): Start from EU CSDDD (Directive (EU) 2024/1760) Requirements overview and manage cross team sustainability work, reporting, and evidence from one workflow. - [Talk through EU CSDDD (Directive (EU) 2024/1760)](/contact.md): Review your current process, evidence gaps, and next steps for EU CSDDD (Directive (EU) 2024/1760) Requirements overview. ## Primary sources - [Directive (EU) 2024/1760 - Consolidated text as of 17 April 2025](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1760/2025-04-17/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Best source for the current operative wording after the 2025 timing amendment. - [Directive (EU) 2025/794 - timing amendment](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/794/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Current law for the postponed transposition deadline and postponed first wave of application. - [European Commission - Corporate sustainability due diligence](https://commission.europa.eu/business-economy-euro/doing-business-eu/sustainability-due-diligence-responsible-business/corporate-sustainability-due-diligence_en?ref=sorena.io) - Official implementation overview, including the status of the 2025 Omnibus proposals. ## Related Topic Guides - [EU CSDDD Applicability Test | Thresholds, Group Scope, and Start Dates](/artifacts/eu/csddd/applicability-test.md): Use this CSDDD applicability test to check the 1000 employee and EUR 450 million threshold, franchising and licensing triggers, non-EU EU-turnover rules. - [EU CSDDD Chain of Activities and Supplier Scope | Upstream, Downstream, and Boundary Rules](/artifacts/eu/csddd/chain-of-activities-and-suppliers.md): Map the CSDDD chain of activities correctly. This guide explains upstream and downstream coverage, direct and indirect business partners. - [EU CSDDD Checklist | Practical Due Diligence Checklist by Workstream](/artifacts/eu/csddd/checklist.md): Use this CSDDD checklist to move from scope to execution. - [EU CSDDD Climate Transition Plan | Article 22 Requirements and Practical Structure](/artifacts/eu/csddd/climate-transition-plan.md): Understand the Article 22 climate transition plan duty under the CSDDD. - [EU CSDDD Compliance Guide | Operating Model, Evidence, and Readiness](/artifacts/eu/csddd/compliance.md): Build a real CSDDD compliance program. This guide explains how to turn Directive (EU) 2024/1760 into a due diligence operating model across policy, mapping. - [EU CSDDD Deadlines and Compliance Calendar | Current Dates after Directive (EU) 2025/794](/artifacts/eu/csddd/deadlines-and-compliance-calendar.md): Track the current CSDDD rollout dates, including the 25 July 2024 entry into force, 26 July 2027 transposition deadline, 31 March 2027 reporting act deadline. - [EU CSDDD Due Diligence Steps Playbook | Articles 7 to 15 in Practical Order](/artifacts/eu/csddd/due-diligence-steps-playbook.md): Follow the CSDDD due diligence steps in the order teams actually need to execute them: policy, chain mapping, prioritization, prevention, corrective action. - [EU CSDDD FAQ | Current Answers on Scope, Dates, Complaints, Penalties, and Climate Plans](/artifacts/eu/csddd/faq.md): Get grounded answers to common CSDDD questions, including the current application dates, who is in scope, how the chain of activities works. - [EU CSDDD Grievance and Remediation Workflows | Articles 12 to 14 in Practice](/artifacts/eu/csddd/grievance-and-remediation-workflows.md): Design a CSDDD grievance and remediation workflow that fits Articles 12 to 14. - [EU CSDDD Liability and Penalties | Civil Liability, Fines, and Supervisory Action](/artifacts/eu/csddd/liability-and-penalties.md): Understand how Article 27 penalties and Article 29 civil liability interact under the CSDDD. - [EU CSDDD Penalties and Fines | Article 27 Explained Clearly](/artifacts/eu/csddd/penalties-and-fines.md): Focus on Article 27 of the CSDDD. This page explains how Member States must structure penalties, what the at least 5 percent maximum turnover cap means. - [EU CSDDD Scope Thresholds and In Scope Groups | Current Thresholds and Waves](/artifacts/eu/csddd/scope-thresholds-and-in-scope-groups.md): Review the current CSDDD scope thresholds, in scope company groups, franchising and licensing rules, non-EU turnover triggers. - [EU CSDDD Supplier Human Rights Risk Scoring Template | Severity and Likelihood Model](/artifacts/eu/csddd/supplier-human-rights-risk-scoring-template.md): Use this practical CSDDD risk scoring template to prioritize supplier and partner risk based on severity, likelihood, geographic factors, sector. - [EU CSDDD vs CSRD | Due Diligence Duties versus Sustainability Reporting](/artifacts/eu/csddd/csddd-vs-csrd.md): Compare the EU CSDDD and CSRD the right way. 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