German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
Statute
Germany
· 2021
The Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz obliges companies above an employee threshold with a presence in Germany to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence in their own operations and at their direct suppliers, maintain a complaints procedure, and file an annual report with the federal regulator.
Sectoral regime. It binds the industries below; companies outside them
generally fall outside it.
Industries
Each links to that industry as a scored cohort — so the question "how ready is this sector for the regime that governs it?" becomes one you can actually look at.