Dhaka, Aug. 31 -- The EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), under the European Union's Due Diligence Act, will create an opportunity to hold brands and buyers accountable, along with Bangladesh's exporters, experts said on Sunday.

Their observations came at a training programme held at a city hotel on Sunday.

"Bangladesh and other suppliers to EU countries will have to comply with the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), scheduled to be effective in 2029," said Shahinur Rahman, a Dhaka-based consultant of Mondiaal FNV, the international solidarity arm of the Dutch trade union confederation FNV, the largest trade union federation in the Netherlands.

However, he added, it will also be an o...