Topic: Due Diligence Legislation / Législation de Diligence Raisonnable / Legislación de Diligencia Debida

Due diligence is a legal term which refers to a business or person exercising a reasonable amount of care to avoid committing harm or offence before entering into agreement with another party or performing an action.

Applied at the EU level, due diligence legislation would mandate companies operating in the EU to assess, prevent and mitigate the environmental, social and governance risks and impacts of their supply chains, including the risk of deforestation, on an ongoing basis.