The German Supply Chain Act – A Sustainable Regulatory Framework for Internationally Active Market Players?

Mittwoch, Anne-Christin; Bremenkamp, Fernanda Luisa

The German Supply Chain Act – A Sustainable Regulatory Framework for Internationally Active Market Players?

dc.contributor.author	Mittwoch, Anne-Christin
dc.contributor.author	Bremenkamp, Fernanda Luisa
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-07T14:11:37Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-07T14:11:37Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.description.abstract	On January 1, 2023, the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains (LkSG) entered into force. It is the most important step taken so far by the German legislature in terms of promoting corporate sustainability and protecting human rights in globalized supply chains. Unfortunately, however, it did not make use of the opportunity to take on a pioneering role in the broader comparative context. The authors conduct a critical analysis of the sustainability concept of the Act, as well as its provisions on scope and enforcement. In both aspects, the Act falls short of expectations; it does not introduce a comprehensive concept of sustainability, small and medium-sized enterprises are excluded from the scope of application, and comprehensive due diligence along the supply chain is not achieved. On the enforcement level, the main weakness of the LkSG lies in its exclusion of civil liability.
dc.identifier.citation	"Review of European and Comparative Law", 2023, T. 55, nr 4, s. 189-219
dc.identifier.doi	10.31743/recl.16677
dc.identifier.issn	2545-384X
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/6240
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo KUL
dc.rights	Attribution 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Global Value Chains
dc.subject	Corporate Sustainability
dc.subject	German Supply Chain Act
dc.title	The German Supply Chain Act – A Sustainable Regulatory Framework for Internationally Active Market Players?
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article