1/6/2023 11:04:22 AM German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act kicks off in 2023: Legal battlegrounds for implementation By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske The German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz; the Act) entered into force on 1 January 2023 for the...
7/1/2021 9:26:26 AM The new standard: German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act adopted By Christoph H. Seibt Boris Kasolowsky Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid Marius Scherb +2 more... Show less With the final deliberations of the German Bundesrat on 25 June 2021, the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (the Act) has officially...
6/4/2021 8:34:46 AM Event Note: Freshfields hosted Business and Human Rights Thought-Leaders Roundtable on 'Mandatory Supply Chain Due Diligence across Europe' By Boris Kasolowsky Marlen Vesper-Gräske This year marks the 'International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour'. In recognition of this, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer...
2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM Legislative draft of German Human Rights Supply Chain Duty of Care Act: the new standard for corporate human rights duties? By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Mina Aryobsei Marius Scherb Iris Hammerschmid +2 more... Show less After several months of intra-governmental discussions, a first official legislative proposal on a Human Rights Supply Chain Duty of Care...
1/19/2021 9:05:27 AM Freshfields hosted online panel on International Human Rights Day: “Human rights due diligence - What challenges do global companies have to face?” By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Mina Aryobsei Iris Hammerschmid Marius Scherb +2 more... Show less On the International Human Rights Day in December 2020, our German-speaking offices hosted an online panel discussion with key executives...