Regulations and initiatives addressing social responsibility, forced labor, and ethical practices within supply chains, promoting transparency and due diligence.
Europe
Tilkal - The European Product Act (EPA) is a proposed legislative package resulting from the revision of the New Legislative Framework (NLF).
Canada
Tilkal - 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.
Vietnam
Tilkal - Vietnam’s Mineral Law regulates the management, exploration, and exploitation of mineral resources in Vietnam, with a focus on state control, environmental protection, and sustainable development.
USA
Tilkal - Importers of goods produced in Xinjiang need to prove that the goods were not mined, produced, or manufactured, wholly or in part, using forced labor.
USA
Tilkal - U.S. Dodd-Franck Act (sec.1502) aims at increasing supply chain transparency to reduce the financing of armed conflict by requiring disclosure on the sourcing of certain minerals.
UK
Tilkal - 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.
UK
Tilkal - 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.
Switzerland
Tilkal - The Swiss Conflict Minerals and Child Labour Due Diligence Legislation aims at strengthening responsible sourcing and supply chain transparency by requiring due diligence on conflict minerals and child labour risks.
Social Responsibility
Tilkal - The Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, establishes international guidelines for preventing and eliminating forced labor, including mechanisms for government regulation, monitoring, and cross-border cooperation.
UK
Tilkal - The London Metal Exchange (LME) Framework ensures responsible sourcing of metals through a risk-based due diligence framework aligned with OECD guidance, covering conflict, human rights, and environmental risks in upstream supply chains.
Japan
Tilkal - 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.
Europe
Tilkal - The german Supply Chain Act (LkSG) places businesses under the obligation to respect human rights by implementing defined due diligence obligations.