Regulations and initiatives specifically impacting the food and beverage sector, focusing on supply chain transparency, traceability, and due diligence requirements.
Europe
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) aims at reducing packaging waste and improving sustainability, recyclability, reuse, and traceability of packaging across the entire lifecycle.
Europe
The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) A carbon pricing mechanism that ensures imported goods face a carbon cost comparable to EU domestic products under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), aiming to prevent carbon leakage and encourage lower-carbon production globally.
China
China's Corporate Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS) is a framework for corporate sustainability and ESG disclosure, designed to standardise how companies report on environmental, social, and governance performance — including impacts across value chains and supply chains.
Vietnam
Vietnam Law on Products and Goods Quality ensures product quality, safety, and traceability across goods placed on the Vietnamese market. The law explicitly incorporates Digital Product Passport (DPP) requirements.
Japan
The Japanese Food Safety Basic Act ensures food safety and public health protection by establishing standards, monitoring systems, and responsibilities for all actors in the food supply chain.
China
China National Food Security Law establishes a legal framework to ensure food security, self‑sufficiency in staple grains, and stable supply of food products across China.
Europe
The EU Fisheries Control Regulation Regulates monitoring, reporting, and traceability of fishing activities in EU waters to promote sustainable fisheries, fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and harmonize enforcement across all sea basins.
UK
UK's Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill aims at preventing human rights and environmental harms “so far as is reasonably practicable,” both in their own operations and throughout their value chains.
India
India's BRSR Core (Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting Core) mandates ESG reporting for large listed companies, covering environmental protection, human rights compliance, circularity, and other sustainability-related issues.
Japan
The Japanese Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains provide general recommendations for companies on integrating human rights due diligence (HRDD) into supply chain management, inspired by international frameworks such as the EU CSDDD.
UK
The UK Modern Slavery Act (MSA) aims at preventing and mitigating modern slavery, forced labor, and human trafficking in company operations and supply chains, and increasing corporate transparency.
Canada
The Canada Modern Slavery Act requires companies to identify, prevent, and reduce the risk of forced labour and child labour in their operations and supply chains through mandatory transparency and reporting.