THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS THROUGH GERMAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

The business and political communities, civil society and the general public have become increasingly aware of the social and environmental risks associated with global supply chains, particularly in the wake of disasters such as the fire in the Ali Enterprises textile factory in Pakistan in 2012 and the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh in 2013. [...] The object of the evaluation is the interaction of the DC instruments and measures with which the BMZ aims to promote more sustainable global supply chains in the textile sector. [...] Recommendation 2: In the context of the regulatory changes associated with the LkSG and in view of the added value for various groups of companies, the BMZ should continue developing the Textiles Partnership and the Green Button in the course of the ongoing reform process to ensure that the objectives of the initiatives can be further honed and strengthened. [...] Public awareness has grown in particular as a result of accidents in the Global South – such as the fires in the Ali Enterprises textile factory in Pakistan in 2012 and the Tazreen textile factory in Bangladesh in the same year or the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh in 2013 (also refer to Section 6.1), resulting in increased interest in designing more sustainable supply ch. [...] The location of the purchasing companies target group in the supply chain starts from the point of the use of intermediate products or the delivery of the final products.