Supply chain sustainability – what’s coming up the line
Global businesses, regardless of their sector, are experiencing increasing pressure and scrutiny from stakeholders and regulators to show that they understand and have a grip on sustainability-related issues.
Recognising that the majority of environmental and human rights impacts caused by companies today occur along global supply chains, not at their own production sites, new legal duties to manage supply chain sustainability risks represent a significant departure from the largely voluntary approach to corporate sustainability seen to date
A new European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) is poised to intensify and accelerate improvements in supply chain due diligence, introducing mandatory requirements for corporate behaviour across all sectors.