Fitting the Pieces of the Puzzle

The document discusses the rise of due diligence regulations, primarily in the Global North, aimed at addressing risks like deforestation and forced labour in global value chains. It highlights the challenges faced by actors in the Global South in complying with these standards and aims to identify common themes across regulations to improve interoperability through tools like sustainability standards.

• Governments, particularly in the Global North, are increasingly adopting due diligence regulations to promote responsible business conduct and ensure respect for human rights and environmental standards, though these evolving standards can be difficult for actors in the Global South to meet.
• The need for embedding sustainability standards in global value chain operations has been driven by specific disasters and environmental crises, including the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, factory fires in Pakistan, and high deforestation rates in forest-rich exporting countries.

APA

Verma,, R. (2024). Fitting the Pieces of the Puzzle. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/due-diligence-regulations

Chicago

Verma,, Rupal. Fitting the Pieces of the Puzzle. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2024. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/due-diligence-regulations.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{verma2024fitting, author = {Verma,, Rupal}, title = {{Fitting the Pieces of the Puzzle}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2024}, month = oct, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/due-diligence-regulations}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }