Ensure CSDDD Compliance with ethical and sustainable supplier management.
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) mandates that companies proactively identify, assess, and mitigate human rights and environmental risks within their supply chains. Engaging and managing suppliers effectively is essential for compliance, risk reduction, and long-term sustainability.
A company’s environmental and human rights footprint extends beyond its direct operations - suppliers play a crucial role in corporate responsibility. Strong supplier engagement helps businesses mitigate legal and financial risks, ensure sustainable sourcing and ethical labor practices, enhance transparency in procurement processes, protect brand reputation and investor confidence and improve supply chain resilience and long-term sustainability.
How Intertek can help
Intertek’s Supplier Engagement & Management services help businesses establish transparent, responsible, and compliant supply chains, ensuring alignment with CSDDD, OECD Guidelines, and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Due Diligence. Our services offering include:
Supplier Risk Assessment & Due Diligence
- Identify high-risk suppliers based on sector, geography, and operations
- Conduct risk-based supplier audits for human rights and environmental compliance
- Develop a supplier due diligence framework tailored to CSDDD requirements
Code of Conduct & Supplier Policies
- Ensure supplier policies cover human rights, labor standards, anti-corruption, and sustainability matters as well as their code of conduct aligns with CSDDD and ESG standards
Supplier Engagement & Capacity Building
- Provide supplier training on sustainability and due diligence requirements
- Develop collaborative improvement programs to help suppliers enhance compliance
Monitoring, Reporting & Continuous Improvement
- Implement real-time monitoring and reporting tools to track supplier performance
- Conduct regular supplier performance reviews and audits
- Align supplier reporting with CSDDD, CSRD, and ESG disclosure requirements
Benefits of Intertek Supplier Engagement Framework
- Regulatory Compliance to ensure alignment with CSDDD, CSRD, OECD, and UNGPs
Risk Reduction to minimize supply chain risks and avoid fines & legal consequences - Enhanced Transparency to improve supplier accountability & data visibility
- Competitive Advantage to strengthen brand reputation and market trust
