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The German government’s “growth initiative” aims to ensure that the recently adopted European supply chain directive, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), is swiftly implemented as part of Germany’s Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (LkSG). This process offers an opportunity to adapt and reinforce the LkSG to the benefit of those who are subjected to human rights violations along supply chains.
Nadja Dorschner is the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation’s Senior Advisor for Asia.
This policy brief provides an overview of recent political disputes that have emerged with regard to the statutory regulation of corporate due diligence obligations, identifies deficiencies in the implementation of the LkSG, and proposes potential measures that could be adopted to ensure that the law is more closely aligned with the needs of workers in global supply chains in future.