What do China’s new supply chain security and counter-extraterritoriality rules mean for European companies trying to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence? Listen to Katja Drinhausen, Head of Programme Politics and Society at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS).
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China’s new supply chain rules could make it harder for European companies operating in the country to look into human rights risks. So how can they still carry out effective due diligence?
In this episode of the Frankly Speaking podcast, Richard Howitt was joined by Katja Drinhausen, Head of Programme Politics and Society at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS).
Together they discussed China’s new regulations on supply chain security and countering the undue exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction, and what they could mean for European and other international companies carrying out human rights and environmental due diligence in China. You’ll also hear more about:
Listen to Lara Wolters, Dutch member of the European Parliament and rapporteur on the CSDDD.
Listen to Eelco van der Enden, CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
Listen to Olena Uvarova, Associate Professor at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University and Anita Ramasastry, Professor at the University of Washington School of Law and former member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights.
