Supply chain regulatory compliance: Prepare for CSDDD, PEF, and global disclosure requirements.

The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) requires brands to identify, assess, and address social and environmental risks across their supply chains — obligations that require a verifiable data record at the supplier level, not just a policy commitment. Worldly provides brands with primary environmental and social performance data from their supplier network, including facility-level assessments that document working conditions, emissions, water use, and other risk indicators needed to demonstrate structured due diligence to regulators.

The EU Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) is a methodology expected to underpin future mandatory product-level environmental disclosures across the EU, requiring lifecycle data across 16 environmental impact categories including carbon emissions, water use, land use, and toxicity. Worldly’s Product Impact Calculator methodology is aligned with the PEF framework, meaning the primary facility and product data brands already collect through the Worldly platform maps directly to PEF requirements — without additional data collection infrastructure.

Worldly helps brands build a verifiable record of social compliance at the facility level through standardized social and labor assessments, including the Higg Facility Social & Labor Module (Higg FSLM), stewarded and governed by Cascale and implemented globally through the Worldly sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform. This documented facility-level data gives brands the evidence needed to respond to forced labor due diligence requirements — including the U.S. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) — noting that data from the Social and Labor Convergence Program indicates the majority of Higg FSLM assessments reveal at least one legal non-compliance, underscoring why proactive data collection matters.

Yes. Worldly is designed so that the primary supply chain data brands collect for one regulatory purpose — such as Scope 3 emissions reporting or supplier due diligence — can satisfy multiple requirements without duplicating data collection. The Worldly Product Impact Calculator, for example, uses the same dataset to support Scope 3 reporting, French Eco-Score label generation, and preparation for EU Product Environmental Footprint and Digital Product Passport requirements. Brands that build their data foundation on Worldly can respond to new regulatory obligations as they take effect without rebuilding their infrastructure each time.