On 9 October 2025, Intire hosted a webinar focusing on the what and when of social due diligence. Experts Andreea Holwerda, International Human Rights Lawyer, and Eliza Galos, Social Due Diligence Expert, gave a clear understanding of what’s binding now, what’s coming, and how to act.
What was covered in the webinar
Understanding the ‘What’ and ‘When’ of Social Due Diligence Legislation
Andreea Holwerda, international human rights lawyer, broke down the key legislative landscape around social and human rights due diligence—clarifying what regulations are already in force, and when they become fully applicable.
While the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) under the Omnibus has been delayed and remains subject to amendments, several binding legislative frameworks are already in place and are not subject to amendments.
Therefore, Andreea gave an overview on requirements and compliance deadlines under:
- EU Taxonomy minimum social safeguards that are currently binding
- Cross-jurisdictional forced labor and child labor legislation spanning the EU, Germany, Norway, USA, Canada, Australia, UK, and South Korea
- A.I. Act requirements for human rights due diligence
What could human rights due diligence consist of?
Eliza elaborated on
- good practice: OECD guidelines, UN Guiding Principles
- components: relevant policies, data collection, analysis and the related risk mapping, capacity building, stakeholder engagement, grievance mechanism; salience assessment
In addition, she explained why human rights due diligence should be undertaken, or improved, apart from meeting legal requirements
- tackle risks early and prevention: inherent risks and contextual risks
- anticipation of impact
- positive impact
- ethics
- case study from East Africa
Take aways
A robust understanding of social due dilligence frameworks especially on forced & child labour
✅ What are the requirements and compliance deadline on social/human rights due diligence legislations
✅What good Human Rights Due diligence looks like in practice
✅ Why go beyond compliance
Trainers
Andreea is an international human rights and due diligence lawyer with 15+ years of global experience. She helps businesses apply legal standards across supply chains and has worked with institutions like the ECHR and IOM. Andreea is specialized in forced labour, advising clients on identifying, mitigating, and addressing risks related to modern slavery and exploitative practices. She holds dual LLMs and is called to the Bar of England and Wales.
Eliza spent nearly a decade within the UN system working on human rights issues across the world, with the latest role focused on the agencies’ operations compliance with the UN’s own ethical standards. Previously she worked on labour rights, managing projects that tackle forced labour and other forms of human rights violations. She managed as well a large Dutch government-funded project on human rights in Africa, in a region with significant Dutch business operations. Eliza helps companies identify, prevent, and mitigate adverse human rights impacts within their own operations and value chains. She is proficient in methods such as quantitative and qualitative data analysis and research, stakeholder engagement.
