That… wasn’t a rule before…?
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Not sure but IMO the key point is nearly reached with this:
The agreement clarifies the different responsibilities the EU Commission and the member states in identifying the companies exploiting forced workers and banning their products.
The biggest problem is transparency. You ask a chocolate maker about forced child labor in their supply chain, and they simply deny it. You ask who their supplier is and they remain silent. NGOs and journalists always have an uphill battle in just working out who is in the supply chain. But highly motivated investigative journalists will go to the Ivory coast, find the child slaves, and then somehow trace it upwards from there. Hopefully this law forces disclosures of the supply chain. Once the supply chain is public it’s probably trivial from there. But note they deliberately make the supply chain a lengthy change of many hands in order to thwart detection.
The article is somewhat useless in neglecting to say anything about supply chain transparency.
... in neglecting to say anything about supply chain transparency.
Yes, this is the big issue here, and with Germany and Italy as the major drivers to prevent transparency rules at the EU level, I am moderately enthusiastic for the near future if I may say so. It's an important step in the right direction, though.
@gravitas_deficiency as it is already said, the new rules refer to forced labor in companies outside Europe such as China and other countries. The intention is that EU companies can be held accountable for human rights violations committed by their suppliers outside the EU.
Yeah let me say it loud and proud: fuck both parties in my home country Germany that voted against supply chain transparency.
Literally keeping the tradition of forced labor going. Absolutely disgusting.
Man sometimes I would love to swap every politician who makes such a stupid decision with a child laborer so that they make more educated decisions.
As all the other ppl here said as well: I like the regulations, but enforcement is hard, and that's where it gets interesting. Let's see where this one will go.
So iphones? ( Foxconn suicide nets come to mind)
Foxconn manufacturers almost every smartphone. And there are Foxconn parts in almost every PC on the planet.
If you want a raise, you got to jump. Foxconn
Painfully true slogan.
Sad FDP noise.
That sounds nice on paper, but also difficult to enforce, no?
While the average smartphone wasn’t made by forced labour, what about the lithium in the battery? Or the cobalt?
I imagine if you traced a component of just about any product back to its raw materials, you’re bound to find either forced or vastly underpaid people.
But hey, at least they’re TRYING to do something positive.
It inlcudes components. So most likely companies will write it in their contracts and then will be able to sue parts providers, when they fail to not include forced labour. Thats how you break something like this.