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CS3D / CSDDD compliance tool

Directive (EU) 2024/1760 · European Union · Binding instrument

Name anyone on your staff. The system makes them your compliance person.

A member of your own staff, with no compliance background, reads the training module, answers the interview, and finishes with your CS3D / CSDDD documentation cited article by article. The knowledge stays in the business.

Every account level runs inside a dedicated Claude account. Anyone can try a toolkit in their own Claude account; compliance work runs in a dedicated one. The Claude Max plan is £90 a month, paid to Anthropic, and is not included in any level.

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CS3D / CSDDD is Directive (EU) 2024/1760, a binding instrument in the European Union. Supply chain due diligence for companies with more than 5,000 employees and net worldwide turnover above EUR 1.5 billion, the thresholds set by Directive (EU) 2026/470. SMEs affected as suppliers.

The free assessment screens for CS3D / CSDDD when a business employs more than 5,000 people and has net worldwide turnover above 1.5 billion euros. Smaller businesses meet it as suppliers to those companies.

Size screen: 1000 or more employees and turnover above €450 million.

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• Your exact position under CS3D / CSDDD: what is in place, what is missing, and what to do about each gap.
• Documentation with article citations, ready for auditors, insurers, customers and public buyers.
• A trained person inside the business who understands what the regulation requires, and stays.
• A dated record of every section completed, with the reports themselves staying in your own Claude account. The toolkit is carried by an account level, see the plans.
• All of it completed in-house, at your own pace, without booking a single meeting.

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Does CS3D / CSDDD apply to my business?

You are in scope if you are an EU company with more than 1,000 employees on average and net worldwide turnover above EUR 450,000,000 in the last financial year, under Article 2(1)(a). The same thresholds apply to ultimate parent companies of groups on a consolidated basis under Article 2(1)(b).

Who does CS3D / CSDDD apply to?

The directive applies to EU companies and third-country companies, in each case through three sub-categories set out in Article 2(1) and Article 2(2). It also reaches franchising and licensing companies meeting the royalty and turnover tests in Article 2(1)(c) and Article 2(2)(c).

Does CS3D / CSDDD apply to a small business?

The directive has no size threshold that brings SMEs into scope, and SMEs are not directly in scope. An SME is defined by Article 3(1)(i) by reference to Article 3(1), (2), (3) and (7) of Directive 2013/34/EU, and SMEs may be affected only as contractors or subcontractors to in-scope companies.

When does CS3D / CSDDD apply from, and what are the deadlines?

Member States must transpose by 26 July 2026 under Article 37(1). Phase 1 companies apply from 26 July 2027, Phase 2 from 26 July 2028 and Phase 3 from 26 July 2029 under Article 37(1)(a) to (e), with reporting from 1 January 2028 and 1 January 2029.

What does CS3D / CSDDD require me to do?

You must run risk-based human rights and environmental due diligence across your operations, subsidiaries and business partners, covering policy integration under Article 7, impact identification under Article 8, prevention under Article 10, corrective action under Article 11, remediation under Article 12, engagement under Article 13, complaints under Article 14 and monitoring under Article 15. You must also adopt a climate transition plan under Article 22(1).

What records or documents does CS3D / CSDDD require me to keep or produce?

You must retain documentation demonstrating compliance for at least five years under Article 5(4). You must publish an annual statement on your website no later than 12 months after the balance sheet date under Article 16(1) and Recital 62, and submit it to the ESAP collection body under Article 17(1).

What happens if I do not comply with CS3D / CSDDD?

Supervisory authorities may order you to cease infringements, impose penalties and adopt interim measures under Article 25(5). Pecuniary penalties must have a maximum limit of not less than 5 per cent of net worldwide turnover under Article 27(3), and failure to pay a penalty decision triggers a public statement under Article 27(4).

Does CS3D / CSDDD apply to a UK business selling into the EU?

A UK business selling into the EU is caught only through the third-country provisions in Article 2(2), which require net Union turnover above EUR 450,000,000 or the franchising and licensing tests in Article 2(2)(c). Such a company must designate an authorised representative in a Member State under Article 23(1).

Does CS3D / CSDDD apply to an EU business selling into the UK?

An EU business selling into the UK is not addressed by the directive, because its territorial scope is the European Union internal market and third-country companies under Article 2(2). The instrument does not state any reach into the United Kingdom market.

How do I start complying with CS3D / CSDDD?

The first practical step is to develop a due diligence policy in prior consultation with employees and their representatives under Article 7(2), containing your approach, a code of conduct and integration processes. You must also integrate due diligence into all relevant policies and risk management systems under Article 7(1).

Which ComplianceSME account includes the CS3D / CSDDD toolkit?

The CS3D / CSDDD agent toolkit is included in Compliance Complete.

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