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Home Commentary Ch. II Commentary Ch. II Paragraph 19

Commentary Ch. II Paragraph 19

The nature and extent of due diligence, such as the specific steps to be taken, appropriate to a particular situation will be affected by factors such as the context of an enterprise’s operations, the specific recommendations in the Guidelines, and should be proportionate to the size of the enterprise, its involvement with an adverse impact and the severity of adverse impacts. In this respect, the measures that an enterprise takes to conduct due diligence should be risk-based, commensurate to the severity and likelihood of the adverse impact and appropriate and proportionate to its context. Where it is not feasible to address all identified impacts at once, an enterprise should prioritise the order in which it takes action based on the severity and likelihood of the adverse impact.

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