Many organisations have already taken steps, from creating a supplier questionnaire to organising a risk assessment. But without internal policy and clear governance, due diligence remains dependent on individual initiatives, difficult to scale up and vulnerable to staff changes or audit queries.

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The new regulatory frameworks call for more than good intentions. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) sets explicit requirements for embedding due diligence in company policy, for complaints mechanisms and for documentation that withstands external verification. Organisations who have not organised this properly run legal risk and lose credibility.

A strong due diligence policy requires a living framework that guides decisions, processes and communication – internally and externally.

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‍We work in four steps:

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• Policy framework and scope – We help you build a due diligence policy with a clear scope, concrete commitments and a logical structure that can be supported internally.
• Roles, responsibilities and escalation paths – Who is responsible for what, and where? How are decisions made about supplier follow-up, escalation or termination of a supplier relationship? We help you develop the right governance structure – suited to the size and organisational form of your business.
• Processes and annual calendar – Due diligence is not a one-off project, but a cyclical process. We help you set up an annual calendar with the right rhythms: when do you update the risk assessment, when do you send out supplier questionnaires, when do you report internally and externally?
• Documentation and audit trail – We help you set up the right documentation structures for audit or verification. Together, we assess which software can support policy management, process monitoring and documentation flow.

• Supplier risk mapping – The risk assessment that feeds the governance framework.
• Supplier engagement – The operational delivery of what regulations require.
• CSDDD – Policy and governance as core elements of the CSDDD approach.
• CSRD reporting – Due diligence governance as a foundation for ESRS reporting.