CSDDD and Maritime: What Is Coming and When
The EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is now moving through national transposition across member states, with the first obligations expected to apply from 2027 onwards. For the maritime sector, this is worth paying close attention to now, not because the deadlines are immediate, but because the due diligence processes the directive requires take time to build. Companies that wait until obligations are in force will find themselves scrambling to put in place something that functions better as an ongoing practice than a one-time exercise.
For Norwegian maritime companies, the groundwork is already laid. The Transparency Act has pushed Norwegian shipowners to map their supply chains, engage with yard partners, and respond to information requests in a way that directly mirrors what CSDDD will require. That experience is an advantage, and it is also a template for what European companies more broadly will need to develop. The requirements around supply chain oversight, particularly for high-risk sectors, sit well within what Calmocean does on a daily basis across newbuild, repair and recycling yards, particularly in connection with our ESG Audits. In the last years we have helped many owners navigate the evolving landscape of the transparency act. If you want to understand how your current approach maps to what is coming, we are happy to have that conversation.