What German LkSG - Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz 2021: Supply Chain Due Diligence Obligations, Risk Analysis, Prevention and Remediation Measures, BAFA Enforcement, Annual Reporting, and Interaction with EU CSDDD requires
The German Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (LkSG, Supply Chain Due Diligence Act), enacted 16 July 2021 (BGBl. I S. 2959), is the first major national EU-member supply chain due diligence law; applicable from 1 January 2023 for companies with ≥3,000 employees in Germany, and 1 January 2024 for companies with ≥1,000 employees in Germany; key obligations include: mandatory annual risk analysis of direct suppliers for human rights and environmental risks listed in §2(1) and §2(2) (covering 11 internationally recognised human rights instruments and 2 environmental conventions); prevention measures including policy statement, supplier codes of conduct, and contractual assurances from direct suppliers; remediation obligations when violations are identified at direct or indirect suppliers; an accessible complaints/grievance mechanism for affected parties globally; annual compliance report submitted to BAFA (Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle - Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control) by 30 April each year; BAFA administrative oversight with fines up to EUR 8 million or 2% of average annual global group turnover for companies with annual global turnover above EUR 400 million; exclusion from public procurement for wilful or grossly negligent violations; obligations extend to indirect suppliers only where company has substantiated knowledge (konkretisierter Anlass) of violations; LkSG obligations run parallel to EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) 2024/1760 - companies must comply with the more stringent of the two frameworks.
Pillar: Logistics & Supply Chain · Authority: German Federal Parliament (Bundestag); Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) · Version: 1.0.1 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.bmas.de/EN/Europe-and-the-World/International/Supply-Chain-Act/supply-chain-act.html
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- {"citation":"§2(1) and §2(2) of LkSG - Protected rights: 11 ILO human rights instruments (prohibition of forced labour, child labour, discrimination, wage withholding, safety violations, land grabbing, private security) and 2 environmental conventions (Minamata Mercury Convention, Stockholm POPs Convention)","url":"https://www.bmas.de/EN/Europe-and-the-World/International/Supply-Chain-Act/supply-chain-act.html","year":2021}
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