EU buyers and non-EU suppliers · European Union
CSDDD pass-through: EU customers write diligence duties into supply contracts
The CSDDD requires large companies to address human-rights and environmental impacts, with pressure passing to Chinese suppliers through contracts, questionnaires, and audits.
Facts
Even Chinese suppliers outside direct scope may face disclosure, remediation, and audit demands because of customer obligations.
Compliance lessons
Suppliers should convert customer diligence questionnaires into internal systems: onboarding, labour, environment, grievance, remediation, and board oversight.
Legal issues
- 人权尽调 / human-rights due diligence
- 环境尽调 / environmental diligence
- 合同传导 / contractual pass-through