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Podcast: Sustainable Business Podcast by Innovation Forum
Episode: From regulation to resilient value chains: The business case for due diligence after CSDDD simplification
Description: Due diligence fatigue has long affected the apparel and textiles sector, with heavy administrative workloads and repeated supplier checks that often fail to identify real labour risks. Uncertainty around the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) has made it harder for companies to commit to long-term investment.
Recent policy signals now offer clearer direction, including a narrower scope, removal of the mandatory climate transition plan requirement, and a higher applicability threshold of around 5,000 employees and €1.5bn in annual turnover. While formal endorsement is pending, clarity is returning.
This allows attention to shift from regulatory interpretation ba...