Prof. Dr. Lena Partzsch presented the paper by Helen Breunig and her at the Congress of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), 24-27 September 2024, University of Göttingen, followed by a lively discussion. The paper is titled “Towards ‘greening’ trade? The environment in the French, German and EU supply chain laws”.

Link zum Preprint-Paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4875180

Abstract: Following the French Duty of Vigilance Law and the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Law, the European Union (EU) recently passed new legislation for its 27 member states to foster sustainable and responsible corporate behavior throughout global supply chains. Based on the demands of the largest environmental non-governmental organizations in Europe, the article examines the extent to which the new legislations address environmental burden shifting through international trade. Our empirical material includes campaign and legislative documents, expert interviews and participatory observations. Our results show a regulatory 'race to the top' with 'bends' in the sense that the German law lags behind the French law in some aspects, but the new CSDDD is the most precise and comprehensive in all aspects of supply chain legislation. We can therefore expect a 'greening' of international trade.