Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (LkSG)

Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (LkSG)

 Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (LkSG)

Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz - LkSG)

 

The LkSG obliges companies with a workforce of 3.000 employees or more to set up a complaint procedure since 01.01.2023 to receive hints or complaints regarding possible human rights and environmental violations along their own supply chain or in their own business area.

Sparkasse KölnBonn supports the aim of the LkSG and has therefore set up the possibility of submitting a hint or complaint at this point. It is possible to submit a hint or complaint 24 hours a day in German and English, anonymously if desired.

Hints or complaints relating to human rights and environmental risks within the meaning of the LkSG are, for example:

  • Child labor
  • Slavery and forced labour
  • Discrimination
  • Inappropriate remuneration for work
  • Disregard for occupational safety (safety, health, working hours and rest periods)
  • Disregard for the right to form a coalition, association and collective action
  • Unlawful use of private and public security forces
  • Violation of land rights
  • Environmental damage that affects the natural basis of life (harmful soil changes, water pollution, air pollution, harmful noise emissions, excessive water consumption)
  • Prohibited use of mercury
  • Violation of the prohibition or restriction of the production and use of so-called persistent organic pollutants
  • Infringement of the principle of minimizing the cross-border movement of hazardous waste and environmentally sound disposal

Further details of the complaints procedure under the LkSG can be found in our Rules of Procedure:

If you would like to send us a hint or complaint in connection with the LkSG, please send it to us online using the button below. 

Alternatively, you can submit your hint/complaint via our mailbox menschenrechte@sparkasse-koelnbonn.de.

Declaration of principle (in German)

Reports on the LkSG (in German)

Supplier Code of Conduct (in German)

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