SRH Corporate

Our responsibility: The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)

As of January 1, 2023, companies with 3,000 or more employees in Germany must comply with human rights and environmental due diligence requirements along their supply chains as part of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) and establish a corresponding complaints procedure. We at SRH are clearly committed to comply to these due diligence obligations and support them.

Protected Rights

Menschenrechte § 2 II, umgeben von sechs Themen: Kinderarbeit, Zwangsarbeit und Sklaverei, Sicherheit am Arbeitsplatz, Gleichheit in der Beschäftigung, Freiheit der Vereinigung und Zerstörung natürlicher Ressourcen.
Umweltrechte § 2 III, umgeben von vier Themen: Landrechte, Entzug des Lebensunterhalts, Baseler Konvention (gefährliche Abfälle) und Minamata-Konvention (Quecksilber), dargestellt in einem kreisförmigen Diagramm.

Our tasks as a company

We consider our due diligence obligations as a company in relation to our own business operations, the actions of our contractual partners and the actions of other (indirect) suppliers.

  • continuous documentation requirements
  • annual public reporting
  • Institutionalized risk management
  • integrating in key business processes
  • compliance responsibilities, human rights officer
  • policy statement
  • specific monitoring of risks and violations
  • complaints procedure
  • identification, evaluation and prioritization of risks
  • communication of results (internally)
  • implementation of human rights strategy
  • adequate sourcing strategies & purchasing practices
  • training & control measures
  • embedding towards direct suppliers
  • internal sanction mechanisms for immediate termination
  • termination and minimization concept for direct suppliers
  • annual and event-related evaluation

Complaint procedure

All SRH employees and business partners are encouraged to report possible violations of the Supply Chain Sourcing Obligations Act (LkSG). All reports can be made anonymously or confidentially. Upon receipt, your report will be carefully reviewed. If the suspicion of a violation is substantiated, appropriate measures will be taken.

To the reporting system