Components for creating living income policy initiatives: Integrating Living Income into the CSDDD

Empirical study
Research briefing

Authored by Joost Backer,Anna Laven,Christopher Wunderlich

Summary

The newly developed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive requires companies to track and address human rights issues in their supply chains – including living income. This case describes the process of negotiation around the CSDDD – and shares lessons on advocacy and policy development.

This case study is an extract from the larger report ‘Components for creating living income policy initiatives: Insights from 3 policy case studies‘ (2026)