Human Rights Due Diligence That Meets the Mandate

CSDDD is coming. UNGP expectations are rising. SustainGRC gives you systematic human rights due diligence — from salient issue identification through remediation to grievance mechanism — integrated into your GRC and supply chain stack.

Document & Policy Vault
31
UNGP principles covered
8
ILO core conventions
Tier 3+
Supply chain depth
100%
Audit trail coverage
8
Grievance criteria met

How It Works

From Salient Issues to Board-Ready Disclosure

The UNGP process made operational — identify, assess, act, remedy, report — with governance at every stage.

Identify Salient Issues

Map your most severe human rights risks using industry benchmarks, stakeholder input, and AI-assisted prioritisation.

Assess & Score

Run structured assessments across operations and supply chain. Questionnaires, audits, and country-level risk data combined.

Remediate & Track

Create corrective action plans with owners, timelines, and evidence. Monitor progress and verify effectiveness.

Report & Disclose

Generate CSDDD-ready reports, UNGC Communications on Progress, and framework-aligned disclosures with full audit trail.

Core Capabilities

Complete Human Rights Due Diligence

Every UNGP pillar operationalised — with supply chain depth, grievance mechanism, and regulatory reporting built in.

Salient Issue Identification

Systematic identification and prioritisation of human rights issues most at risk of severe negative impacts — aligned to UNGP severity criteria.

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    Severity × Likelihood scoring

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    Industry-specific issue libraries

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    Stakeholder consultation tracking

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    Year-over-year comparison

Risk Assessment & Questionnaires

Structured assessment questionnaires by category — labour rights, working conditions, community impacts, land rights, and digital rights.

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    Pre-built UNGP-aligned templates

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    Supplier self-assessment portal

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    On-site audit scheduling

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    Risk heat mapping

Remediation & Action Plans

Corrective action plan (CAP) tracking with responsible owners, deadlines, evidence requirements, and effectiveness verification.

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    CAP creation and assignment

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    Milestone tracking

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    Evidence document linking

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    Effectiveness re-assessment

Grievance Mechanism Integration

Integrated operational-level grievance mechanism meeting UNGP effectiveness criteria — accessible, predictable, equitable, transparent, and rights-compatible.

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    Multi-channel intake (web, phone, email)

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    Case tracking and resolution

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    Anonymity protection

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    Response time monitoring

Supply Chain Deep-Tier Visibility

Map human rights risks beyond Tier 1 — into raw material sourcing, sub-contractors, and informal supply chains where severe impacts concentrate.

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    Tier 1–3+ supplier mapping

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    Country risk scoring

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    Sector-specific indicators

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    Linked to Third-Party DD module

CSDDD & Framework Reporting

Pre-mapped disclosure outputs for CSDDD, UNGP Reporting Framework, GRI 407–414, UNGC Principles 1–6, and ESRS S1/S2.

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    CSDDD compliance tracker

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    GRI 407–414 auto-population

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    UNGC CoP evidence linking

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    ESRS S1/S2 narrative generation

UNGP Framework

The UN Guiding Principles Made Operational

Track your progress across all five UNGP pillars — policy commitment, due diligence process, remediation, grievance mechanisms, and reporting — with evidence linking, gap identification, and board-level visibility.

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Policy Commitment

Board-approved human rights policy with supply chain embedding

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Ongoing Due Diligence

Not a one-off — continuous assessment with annual refresh cycles

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Access to Remedy

Operational grievance mechanism meeting all 8 UNGP effectiveness criteria

Strategic Intelligence in Action

Why SustainGRC

Not a Checkbox Exercise

CSDDD demands substantive due diligence — not a questionnaire you send once a year. SustainGRC operationalises the full UNGP process with the depth regulators expect.

CSDDD-Ready from Day One

The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive requires systematic HRDD. SustainGRC is pre-mapped to every CSDDD obligation with gap tracking and compliance scoring.

Beyond Tier 1

Most platforms stop at direct suppliers. SustainGRC maps risks into Tier 2, 3, and raw material sourcing — where forced labour and child labour actually concentrate.

Integrated, Not Bolted On

HRDD findings feed directly into ESG reporting, ERM, and third-party due diligence modules. No re-entry. No reconciliation. One audit trail.

AI Assists, Humans Decide

AI suggests risk prioritisation and flags high-risk suppliers based on country, sector, and commodity indicators. Every recommendation requires human review.

Grievance Meets Governance

Operational-level grievance mechanism built to UNGP effectiveness criteria — with case management, anonymity, and board-level reporting.

Grievance Meets Governance

Operational-level grievance mechanism built to UNGP effectiveness criteria — with case management, anonymity, and board-level reporting.

Framework Coverage

One Assessment. Multiple Disclosure Outputs.

Conduct your HRDD once. SustainGRC maps findings to every major human rights framework and regulatory requirement.

CSDDD
EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence DirectiveFull compliance mapping
UNGP
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human RightsAll 31 principles
OECD
OECD Guidelines for Multinational EnterprisesHuman rights chapter
ILO
ILO Core ConventionsAll 8 fundamental
GRI 414
GRI Supplier Social AssessmentFull disclosure set

Platform Integration

Connected to Your GRC & Supply Chain Stack

HRDD findings flow into risk registers, ESG reports, and supplier governance — no re-entry, no reconciliation.

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Third-Party Due Diligence

Supplier risk scores enriched with human rights data

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ESG Reporting Suite

GRI 407–414, ESRS S1/S2 auto-populated

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Enterprise Risk Management

Human rights risks in unified risk register

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Incident Management

Grievance cases linked to incident response

Frequently AskedQuestions

What is The CSDDD and who does it affect?

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The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive requires large EU companies and non-EU companies with significant EU turnover to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence across their value chains. SustainGRC maps every CSDDD obligation to specific workflows, evidence requirements, and reporting outputs.

    How does salient issue identification work?

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    You start with an industry-specific issue library aligned to UNGP severity criteria (scale, scope, irremediability). AI suggests prioritisation based on your sector, geography, and supply chain profile. Your team reviews, adjusts, and confirms — with stakeholder consultation inputs tracked alongside.

    Can we access suppliers beyond Tier 1?

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    Yes. The module supports Tier 1–3+ supplier mapping with country-level risk scoring, commodity-specific indicators, and sub-contractor assessment. Linked to the Third-Party Due Diligence module for integrated supplier governance.

    How does the grievance mechanism meet UNGP criteria?

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    The built-in mechanism covers all eight UNGP effectiveness criteria: legitimate, accessible, predictable, equitable, transparent, rights-compatible, source of continuous learning, and based on engagement and dialogue. Multi-channel intake with anonymity protection and board-level reporting.

    Does AI make decisions about human rights risks?

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    Never. AI assists with risk prioritisation, country-level indicator analysis, and supplier flagging — but every assessment, score, and remediation decision is made by your team. Full audit trail of AI suggestions and human confirmations.


    Ready to Operationalise Human Rights Due Diligence?

    See how SustainGRC turns UNGP principles into auditable workflows — with CSDDD compliance, supply chain depth, and integrated grievance mechanism.