Article 5Due diligence

1. Member States shall ensure that companies conduct risk-based human rights and environmental due diligence as laid down in Articles 7 to 16 (‘due diligence’) by carrying out the following actions:

(a)

integrating due diligence into their policies and risk management systems in accordance with Article 7;

(b)

identifying and assessing actual or potential adverse impacts in accordance with Article 8 and, where necessary, prioritising actual and potential adverse impacts in accordance with Article 9;

(c)

preventing and mitigating potential adverse impacts, and bringing actual adverse impacts to an end and minimising their extent in accordance with Articles 10 and 11;

(d)

providing remediation for actual adverse impacts in accordance with Article 12;

(e)

carrying out meaningful engagement with stakeholders in accordance with Article 13;

(f)

establishing and maintaining a notification mechanism and a complaints procedure in accordance with Article 14;

(g)

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