PRESS STATEMENT “The federal government has finally delivered at the end of the legislative term”

Wolfgang Lemb, Executive Board Member of IG Metall:

“The federal government has finally delivered at the end of the legislative term. IG Metall expressly welcomes the law, which came about through the initiative of the responsible federal ministers, Hubertus Heil and Gerd Müller, as well as a broad civil society coalition of labor unions, human rights organizations, and environmental groups. The law on corporate due diligence in supply chains marks a long-overdue paradigm shift: from voluntary corporate compliance to legally binding regulations. It is thus an important first step toward strengthening the rights of millions of workers employed in the global supply chains of German companies. In the manufacturing sector alone, more than 140 companies with over 1.5 million employees in Germany will be subject to the law in this initial phase.”

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