Library of Selected Due Diligence Measures in the Agri-food and Mining Sectors

The document introduces a workbook designed to help businesses and policy-makers navigate the compliance landscape of due diligence laws. It maps 12 specific mandatory regulations—including the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the U.S. Lacey Act—against six common themes: risk management, transparency, traceability, accountability, stakeholder engagement, and legality. The analysis is based on the OECD's definition of due diligence, which focuses on identifying and mitigating adverse environmental and social risks in supply chains.

• The workbook analyzes 12 mandatory public policy measures that incentivize due diligence practices, including the U.S. Lacey Act, California Transparency Act, UK Modern Slavery Act, Japan Clean Wood Act, French Duty of Vigilance, EU Conflict Minerals Regulation, Swiss Ordinance on Due Diligence and Transparency in Relation to Minerals and Metals From Conflict-Affected Areas and Child Labour, UK Environment Act, U.S. Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act, German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, EU Deforestation-Free Regulation, and the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
• The analytical framework of the workbook unpacks the requirements of these regulations into six common themes: risk management, transparency, traceability, accountability, stakeholder engagement, and legality.
• The workbook adopts the OECD's definition of responsible business conduct due diligence, which is intended to help companies identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for actual and potential adverse social and environmental risks and impacts within their operations, business relationships, and supply chains.

APA

Sarmiento,, R. V. (2025). Library of Selected Due Diligence Measures in the Agri-food and Mining Sectors. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/guide/due-diligence-regulations-workbook

Chicago

Sarmiento,, Rupal Verma,Florencia. Library of Selected Due Diligence Measures in the Agri-food and Mining Sectors. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2025. https://www.iisd.org/publications/guide/due-diligence-regulations-workbook.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sarmiento2025library, author = {Sarmiento,, Rupal Verma,Florencia}, title = {{Library of Selected Due Diligence Measures in the Agri-food and Mining Sectors}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2025}, month = apr, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/guide/due-diligence-regulations-workbook}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }