JOINT PRESS STATEMENT IG Metall and BUND: Do not water down the Supply Chain Act

On the occasion of the crisis meeting between Federal Ministers Peter Altmaier, Hubertus Heil, and Gerd Müller regarding a Supply Chain Act—which is scheduled to be discussed by the Federal Cabinet on September 16— Olaf Bandt, Chair of the German Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND), and Wolfgang Lemb, Executive Board Member of IG Metall, state:

“Our demand of the federal ministers is clear: We expect an effective supply chain law that is not watered down. Environmental aspects must be included in the supply chain law as a separate category. Human rights, labor, health, and environmental protection, as well as a clear stance against exploitation and child labor, are non-negotiable for us. For this reason, the supply chain law must be explicitly linked to liability.

Should the federal ministers be unable to reach an agreement, we call on the members of the government and the leaders of the coalition’s parliamentary groups and parties to convene a coalition committee.”