Interview in Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel: "What does the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act mean for medium-sized companies?"

In an interview with Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, Dr Arnt Glienke, LL.M., explains that it is above all the EU Supply Chain Directive that also places small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under an obligation, because they are regarded as direct suppliers of the larger companies.

Was bedeutet das Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz für mittelständische Unternehmen?

Excerpt from the article:

“Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel:
Dr Glienke, if both the EU Supply Chain Directive and the LkSG explicitly address companies with at least 1,000 employees, why do you see medium-sized companies as significantly affected as well?

Dr Glienke:
It is precisely the EU Supply Chain Directive that places larger companies under an obligation not only for the risk assessment of direct suppliers, but also of indirect ones. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can therefore come into contact with the requirements of the law more quickly than they would like. As soon as an SME provides services or supplies products to another company that is itself subject to the duties of the LkSG, it counts as a direct supplier of the obliged company within the meaning of the LkSG and will have to undergo a risk assessment by the company it supplies.”

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