Archive for the ‘Supply Chain’ Category

Supply Chain

June 19, 2025

The 2021 amendments to Japan’s Warehouse Act marked an important, if not inevitable, shift in how the country approaches food supply chain transparency, particularly in the grain sector. Although warehouse regulation has historically been something of a backstage affair—important, yes, but rarely the subject of policy debates—the growing global focus on food security, digital traceability, […]

Supply Chain

May 29, 2025

US Executive Order 14030, signed by President Biden in May 2022, represents a landmark in integrating climate considerations into federal procurement and financial systems. The Executive Order directs federal agencies to assess and mitigate climate-related financial risks, including those embedded in government supply chains. For US federal contractors, this mandate creates both an obligation and […]

Supply Chain

May 15, 2025

Australia’s 2024 review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018, in force since January 2019, represents a significant evolution in the nation’s approach to combating forced labor within supply chains. The review tightened reporting thresholds by lowering the minimum consolidated revenue for mandatory reporting from AU$100 million to AU$50 million, substantially increasing the number of businesses […]

Supply Chain

May 1, 2025

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entered its pilot phase in October 2023, marking a transformative shift in the bloc’s climate and trade policy. Designed to complement the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), CBAM aims to prevent carbon leakage by requiring importers of certain carbon-intensive goods to report embedded greenhouse gas emissions and, ultimately, […]

Supply Chain

April 17, 2025

The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.204-7012 rule, effective since January 2021, represents a critical pillar of the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) efforts to secure its supply chain against cybersecurity threats. This regulation mandates that all DoD contractors and subcontractors implement controls specified in NIST Special Publication 800-171 to protect Controlled Unclassified Information […]

Supply Chain

April 3, 2025

The 2023 amendments to the EU Machinery Regulation (Regulation 2006/42/EC) mark a significant step toward enhancing transparency and accountability in the industrial equipment sector. These updates, adopted to reflect technological advancements and evolving safety priorities, focus on improving traceability for high-risk industrial machines. Manufacturers and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that place such machinery on the […]

Supply Chain

March 20, 2025

The 2022 update to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Conflict Minerals Rule brought much-needed clarity to the definitions of “necessary to functionality” and “necessary to production,” terms that have long caused uncertainty for electronics manufacturers and other downstream companies. These clarifications, effective January 2022, directly impact how firms determine whether tin, tantalum, tungsten, and […]

Supply Chain

March 6, 2025

India’s new labour codes, effective January 2024, mark a transformative moment for farm sector transparency by extending formal labor protections to millions of migrant agricultural workers. The consolidation of existing labor laws into four comprehensive codes—the Code on Wages, the Industrial Relations Code, the Social Security Code, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions […]

Supply Chain

February 6, 2025

The 2024 updates to the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD), originally adopted in 2018, mark a significant tightening of sustainability obligations for businesses across the European Union. With the revised directive now enforcing higher recycled content targets for packaging, manufacturers, brand owners, and importers must enhance the transparency, traceability, and reporting of their […]

Supply Chain

January 23, 2025

The US CHIPS and Science Act, signed into law in August 2022, represents a landmark initiative to strengthen domestic semiconductor manufacturing while enhancing the security and transparency of chip supply chains. As global tensions and supply disruptions have highlighted the vulnerabilities in critical technology sectors, the CHIPS Act provides substantial federal incentives to encourage the […]

Supply Chain

January 9, 2025

Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, or LkSG), effective since January 2023, marked a significant shift in corporate responsibility, requiring large firms to monitor and address human rights and environmental risks across their global supply chains. Now, two years into enforcement, clear lessons have emerged for the automotive and textile sectors—the industries most directly […]

Supply Chain

December 26, 2024

The US Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which came into effect on January 1, 2024, represents a landmark step in combating illicit financial activity by requiring companies to disclose their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). This centralized registry of ownership information enhances supply chain transparency by helping businesses identify shell companies and […]