Webinar: ‘Making Progress on the CSDDD: Due Diligence in Practice’
A session featuring case studies from organisations implementing due diligence, alongside a special discussion with the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre.
Featuring Molins, Cellnex and Fundación SERES, to understand how they are approaching human rights due diligence, and Miguel Barboza, representative for the South American region of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, to understand the role of civil society as a driver of due diligence.
- Access the presentation (Spanish): Webinar CSDDD – FINAL.280125
- Accede the recording (Spanish): Conese Webinar: Making Progress on the CSDDD.
12:00h - La CSDDD en el marco del "Business and Human Rights Forum UN 2024"
Pablo Soteras
Partner at Conese
12:10h - Case studies and lessons learnt
Ana Fombella
Corporate ESG and Sustainability Reporting Manager
Anna Villá
ESG Expert
Beatriz Zamora
Project Manager
12:55h - Sustainability Due Diligence Framework
Begoña Morales
CEO of Conese
13:05h - La sociedad civil como impulsor de la Debida Diligencia: Business and Human Rights Resource Center
Miguel Ángel Barboza
BHRRC Representative for the South American region
Q&A
- The search is always conducted using primary sources from grassroots organisations (indigenous peoples, rural communities, etc.), as well as civil society organisations.
- Following this, we also seek information from international organisations and bodies that address the issue.
- We do not produce information; we merely share information that we find where the line of argument is present in more than one source. For example, if we find a news item on France 24 and observe that it is replicated – with the same narrative – on Infobae, we share it on our website, specifically in our Weekly Update.
Below are recommendations for improving engagement.
- Make contact details on your website clearer, specifying whether you have a compliance, sustainability and/or human rights department.
- Improve access to information on the company’s actions regarding business and human rights. Generally, we note that the information provided in sustainability reports tends to be generic and vague regarding certain allegations.
- Respond to the Centre’s CRMs, using this opportunity to clarify the companies’ actions on human rights and sustainability. This can also be an important mechanism for providing – following a request for information – any further information that arises on that matter.
- Regularly monitor your rating on our Transitional Mineral Tracker and Human Rights Defender Database.
- Consult with us if you have any queries regarding the application of international standards on business and human rights.
COSO focuses on ESG risk management insofar as these factors affect the company. It does not include the perspective of impact on people or the environment where these do not have a direct impact on the company’s assets.
The CSDDD calls for the identification of negative impacts on human rights. This is one of the requirements of the Directive, but not the only one. Double Materiality is broader in scope, as it requires the identification of both positive and negative impacts, as well as an assessment of the impact these may have on economic assets.
These are different directives. The CSRD focuses on reporting on ESG issues. The CSDDD is a media directive that requires the implementation of a due diligence system for human rights risk management.
Both directives agree on the requirement to “identify adverse impacts” on the rights of rights holders.
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