The German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz; the Act) entered into force on 1 January 2023 for the...
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With the final deliberations of the German Bundesrat on 25 June 2021, the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (the Act) has officially...
After several months of intra-governmental discussions, a first official legislative proposal on a Human Rights Supply Chain Duty of Care...
On the International Human Rights Day in December 2020, our German-speaking offices hosted an online panel discussion with key executives...
EU lawmakers have significantly stepped up their game when it comes to compliance. Nowadays, EU directives and regulations strongly...
The introduction of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights – and more recently legislation such as the UK Modern Slavery...