Due diligence – taking responsibility and ensuring compliance

Now more than ever, companies are responsible for upholding human rights and environmental standards throughout their entire supply chain. The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) and the planned European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), are making these obligations binding.

Without the proper structures in place, companies not only face compliance risks, but also jeopardize their reputation, investor relations, and customer trust.

We support you in fulfilling your due diligence obligations and in strategically anchoring them in your company in a practical, legally compliant, and future-oriented manner.

What we do for you

Gap analyses: Comparison of existing structures with the requirements of the LkSG and CSDDD.
Risk identification: Identifying ESG and human rights risks in your value chain.
Establishing processes: Complaint mechanisms, risk management, and monitoring.
Documentation and reporting: Integrating them into sustainability reports (CSRD/ESRS).
Stakeholder engagement: Addressing suppliers, employees, and external stakeholders in a targeted manner.
Training and awareness: Get managers and purchasing teams up to speed.

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Your benefits

Legal certainty: Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements without additional effort in everyday business.

Protect your reputation: Avoid scandals and reputational damage.

Secure a competitive advantage through transparent and sustainable supply chains.

Leverage synergies through close links with risk management, strategy, and CSRD reporting.

Our approach

We combine in-depth knowledge of the LkSG and the CSDDD with practical experience from projects in various industries.

Our approach relies on clear processes, digital tools (e.g., SAP and ID-Report), and close collaboration.

Due diligence obligations are more than just a legal requirement; they are also a key factor in achieving strategic success.

Frequently asked questions

1. What are corporate due diligence obligations under the LkSG and the CSDDD?

Companies must uphold human rights and environmental standards throughout their supply chains. The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) and the planned EU CSDDD directive require companies to systematically identify and assess risks and take countermeasures.

2. How does abat AG support companies in implementing their due diligence obligations?

3. Why are due diligence obligations a strategic success factor?

4. What are the advantages of integrated due diligence management?

5. Which digital tools support the implementation of due diligence obligations?

Our Success Stories

Peter Cremer Holding

Publication: 12/2025
With the introduction of ID-Report, Peter Cremer Holding has taken a decisive step toward data-driven sustainability. For the first time, this flexible software creates a central, transparent data basis that maps the complex corporate structure and enables well-founded analyses. Together with abat, decentralized processes were harmonized, dashboards developed, and clear…

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PETROFER

Publication: 05/2024
PETROFER integrates sustainability aspects into its integrated management system
Thanks to abat's CSRD-Ready consulting solution, PETROFER has embedded sustainability in its integrated management system in just 9 months. Read about the strategic steps for implementation and the impressive results - including proactive adaptation to future legal requirements - and find out how…

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TAKKT AG

Publication: 11/2023
Save time and improve data quality with ID-Report
TAKKT AG reorganizes data collection process

Improving the quality and completeness of data is essential for sustainable performance improvement and goal attainment. External product and supplier information as well as internal company data are crucial for assessing sustainability performance. To minimize the complexity of the…

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Fenix Outdoor International AG

Publication: 11/2020
CSR reporting in corporate structures
Fenix Outdoor is a signatory of the ten principles of the UN Global Compact on behalf of its brands and retailers, and is committed to making a positive contribution to the UN goals for sustainable development. As an accredited member of the Fair Labour Association, the company places great emphasis on ensuring health and safety in the…

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bremenports

Publication: 11/2020
Holistic sustainability solution: From creating indicators to publishing the sustainability report
bremenports has been operating the infrastructure of Bremen's ports on behalf of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen since January 2002. With 390 employees, bremenports is represented in Bremen and Bremerhaven. In this success story you can read how ID-Report can be used in…

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Our customers in the area of sustain

Our product: ID-Report

For efficient sustainability reporting

With ID-Report, we enable our customers to achieve comprehensive, efficient and consistent reporting.
ID-Report is not just a sustainability reporting solution. Whether energy management or project reporting - the potential for supporting manual and decentralized reporting processes is possible.

more about ID-Report

Nils

Senior Consultant
Bremen

The agility of a start-up with the possibilities of a corporation - in and with abat you can take responsibility and create sustainability

Here we are committed to more sustainability

If you would like to learn more about our own efforts to become a more sustainable company, you can find our understanding of corporate responsibility and our respective Communication on Progress for the United Nations Global Compact here. You can also find more measures and opportunities with which we support the transformation to sustainability here:

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Our area sustain

Contact our abat sustain expert

Nils Giesen

+49 421 430460sustain@abat.de

This selection contains only a part of the current challenges that a company must overcome on the way to more sustainability. If you do not directly find your specific issue in the above descriptions, please feel free to contact us via sustain@abat.de, we will surely find a joint solution. Furthermore, on the right-hand side you will find some of our freely available events and publications around all topics of sustainability.

Due diligence – taking responsibility and ensuring compliance

What we do for you

Your benefits

Our approach

Due diligence obligations are more than just a legal requirement; they are also a key factor in achieving strategic success.