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Supply chain scrutiny set to ramp up in Europe

12 Oct '25
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Supply chain scrutiny set to ramp up in Europe
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Insights

  • New due diligence law will now only apply to the bigger players.
  • Brands are already adjusting their compliance structures.
  • With digital passports and forced-labour bans ahead, continuous verification is becoming the new baseline for market access.
  • Traceability, documentation and audits are now business as usual.
  • The cost of compliance is reshaping commercial dynamics.

On October *, ****, major political groups in the European Parliament backed a scaled-back version of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), setting much higher entry thresholds than originally planned. The directive will now apply only to companies with at least *,*** employees and €*.* billion in global turnover—up sharply from *,*** employees and €*** million.

A plenary vote later in October is expected to confirm Parliament’s position before the file moves into negotiations with the Council, which has already indicated support for similar limits.

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