Article 5 › 1

Member States shall ensure that companies conduct risk-based human rights and environmental due diligence as laid down in Articles 7 to 16 (‘due diligence’) by carrying out the following actions: (a) integrating due diligence into their policies and risk management systems in accordance with Article 7; (b) identifying and assessing actual or potential adverse impacts in accordance with Article 8 and, where necessary, prioritising actual and potential adverse impacts in accordance with Article 9; (c) preventing and mitigating potential adverse impacts, and bringing actual adverse impacts to an end and minimising their extent in accordance with Articles 10 and 11; (d) providing remediation for actual adverse impacts in accordance with Article 12; (e) carrying out meaningful engagement with stakeholders in accordance with Article 13; (f) establishing and maintaining a notification mechanism and a complaints procedure in accordance with Article 14; (g) monitoring the effectiveness of their due diligence policy and measures in accordance with Article 15; (h) publicly communicating on due diligence in accordance with Article 16.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-27