About this event
Enact's course in sustainability due diligence:
Enact is proud to offer a new course on human rights and environmental due diligence (sustainability due diligence). The course consists of four sessions that will focus on the essential components of effective sustainability due diligence and what it means in practice through carefully designed and prepared sessions.
The focus of the course is:
- Understanding the foundations of human rights and environmental due diligence through the lens of international frameworks and mandatory human rights/sustainability due diligence legislation.
- Looking into how due diligence (DD) is embedded into a company’s ongoing work.
- Deep-diving into areas of specific focus for sustainability due diligence.
- Through good and best company practice, exploring the different steps of due diligence throughout the value chain, including cases of complex contexts.
Information about the course:
- Duration: online LIVE sessions carefully designed for your optimal learning. Each session lasts 3 hours and is designed through the following learning components:
- curated lectures by our experts,
- practical implementation,
- case examples,
- group discussions and learnings.
- The course is conducted in English, through Zoom.
- Recordings are available after the sessions for the duration of the training.
- Pre-reading material are shared in advance of each session. For best learning outcomes, we suggest that participants prepare for each session. Whilst not compulsory for completion of the course, it will benefit the learning and insights of how to apply the frameworks into practice.
- Voluntary study-groups are assigned at the beginning of the course, and these may meet or self-organise outside of the course dates.
- After the completion of the course, participants are welcomed to join a growing Enact Alumni training group on LinkedIn.
- Certificate of attendance: Upon completion of the course, participants that have attended or watched the recordings of all the sessions will be awarded a diploma.
Target audience:
- Corporate sustainability, ESG or sustainability practitioners; in-house specialists within legal, compliance, risk, audit, non-financial reporting, human resources, procurement and alike.
- Professionals working within government, international organisations, NGOs, or unions.
- Unfortunately, this course is not open for participants who are consultants, trainers or alike in the field.
Cost:
- Cost: 1 250 € (excluding VAT)
- Register before September 1st to get an early bird discount of 20%.
- Not-for-profit organisations are eligible for a 20% discount (not cumulative with the early bird).
- Members of the Swedish Business and Human Rights Network get 1 seat free of charge and 50 % off for additional participants (early bird discounts do not apply).
- If your company is interested in joining the Swedish Business and Human Rights Network, contact may.hylander@enact.se
Registration:
You can register under "Booking" at the bottom of this page.
Dates: September-November 2025 (Afternoon hours 12:30-15:30 CEST/CET): 6/10, 20/10, 5/11, 19/11
Quotes from previous participants (2024, 2025):
"It was one of the best courses I’ve ever attended. I’m currently taking a Cambridge course as well, but I believe this was by far the better one."
"High quality course, warm and respectful environment."
"Overall, the course enhanced my ability to evaluate sustainability risks, apply due diligence frameworks like the OECD-Guidelines, and contribute more meaningfully to responsible business practices."
"Comprehensive, full of useful and insightful information tranformed into valuable learnings."
For more information or questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at info@enact.se
See more details and the topics of each session under "Agenda" down below.
Agenda
Session 1: Legal frameworks – from compliance to good practice
This session will explore the legal frameworks and look at the essential requirements for compliance. We will also look at how due diligence practice has emerged since 2011 when the concept of DD was introduced. More specifically:
- Overview of EU due diligence regulations and domestic legislation: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; French Corporate Duty of Vigilance Law; German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligation in Supply Chains; Norwegian Transparency Act; other DD regulations.
- Core elements including scope, responsibility, liability and sanctions, causing harm, contributing to harm, oversight.
- Other legal developments in EU; inter alia Forced Labour Regulation, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, overview of specific EU legislation requiring due diligence.
- International standards: UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
Session 2: Governance, Policy and the Due Diligence Steps in the Value Chain
This session will explore the full due diligence cycle as outlined and required by international standards and the CSDDD. We will look into what is required of corporate governance, steering documents, strategy and policies, as well as how to implement due diligence in the different parts of the value chain with severity as a key factor for determining action. More specifically:
- Core requirements of human rights and DD policy, supporting policies, steering documents, Code of Conduct. Expectations of Board and management.
- Identification and assessment of impacts. Severity of harm.
- Responding to impacts. Preventing, mitigating, ending, remedying. Monitoring performance.
- Meaningful engagement with stakeholders including affected ones.
- Communication & transparency.
Session 3: From Impact to Action – Tools and Strategies for Effective Due Diligence
This session will explore how to respond to impacts through appropriate means and determining factors for appropriate response. More specifically:
- Factors to consider when determining appropriate action.
- Contracts and responsible purchasing. Using leverage, collaboration, SME support, capacity building etc.
- How to use and rely on the known and “old tools”: audits, SAQ, certifications, industry initiatives, union engagements, impact assessments, etc.
Session 4: Complex markets, Remedy & Grievance
This session will explore the increasingly relevant question of how to act in complex situations, including situations of armed conflict, humanitarian law and extreme human rights abuse and environmental impacts. It will also explore the due diligence requirements on complaints procedures and notification mechanisms, as well as effectiveness of grievance mechanisms. What is remedy in case of human rights harm, and in situations of environmental impacts? More specifically:
- Heightened due diligence – what, when, how. International humanitarian law.
- Deep-dives into gross human rights violations and extreme environmental harms.
- Complaints procedure and notification mechanism – gaps and overlaps with whistleblowing, hotline. Effective grievance mechanisms.
- Remedy from a victim centred perspective – what and how.