{"id":17390,"date":"2022-03-27T15:16:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T15:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crigroup.com\/?p=17390"},"modified":"2022-05-30T08:11:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T08:11:25","slug":"supply-chain-due-diligence-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crigroup.com\/ar\/supply-chain-due-diligence-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply chain due diligence act will enter into force on 1 January 2023, are you ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The German Parliament (“Bundestag”) adopted the “Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains” (Supply Chain Due Diligence Act \u2013 “Act” or “LkSG”), and the act will enter into force on 1 January 2023. Originally adopted on 11 June last year, 2021, the act aims to improve the protection of the environment and international human rights by setting binding standards for large companies and their value chains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Background<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

Following the 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), Germany adopted a National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, which recalled (but without setting legal standards) that companies should respect human rights in their operations, their value chains, and it is a well-known fact that most human rights violations occur at the beginning of the supply chain. But, and unsurprisingly, ten years after the adoption of the UNGPs, according to a\u00a0<\/span>study commissioned by the government<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\r\n