German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
LkSG · Germany
The Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz places human-rights and environmental due-diligence obligations on companies above defined size thresholds, covering their own operations and their direct suppliers, with a weaker obligation triggered by substantiated knowledge about indirect suppliers. Obligations are about process — risk analysis, preventive measures, complaints procedure, documentation — rather than about outcomes.
This is a mapping of requirements to evidence categories. It is not a compliance determination, not a legal opinion, and not advice. Confirm every detail against the primary text linked below before relying on it.
Requirements mapped to evidence
| What the rule asks for | Evidence that may bear on it, and its limits |
|---|---|
| Carry out a risk analysis across direct suppliers. | Public labour and sanction registers in producing countries, where they exist and are accessible. |
| Act on substantiated knowledge about indirect suppliers. | Public records rarely identify indirect suppliers at all. This is a documented gap, not a check we can offer. |
| Document the due diligence performed. | Dated, sourced records of what was checked and what each source could not establish. |
What this does not establish
- The Act is a process obligation. No public-record check discharges it, and no vendor can perform it on a company’s behalf.
- Indirect-supplier visibility is poor in every jurisdiction we have assessed.
Producing countries in scope here
Sources
Every statement above is drawn from these primary sources. Check them yourself — we link to the authority, not to a summary of it.
- LkSG guidance and reporting — Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)
Last reviewed 2026-08-09. If anything on this page is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will correct it — that route is open to anyone, including the subject of a record.