Jurisdiction
For products sold in USA
Law Summary
This proposed NY bill (not yet enacted) would require large fashion retailers and manufacturers operating in the state to map their supply chains, conduct due diligence, disclose significant environmental and social impacts, and set science-based targets for reducing adverse effects like GHG emissions.
Law Obligation
- If enacted, the bill would require fashion brands to use a risk-based approach to trace and map 50% of their suppliers by volume across all tiers of the supply chain, and to disclose the names of suppliers relevant to certain prioritised risk areas
- Disclose their due diligence policies and the activities they conduct to identify and mitigate their potential adverse social and environmental impacts
- Complete a social and environmental sustainability report that details the measures they have taken to prioritise responsible business conduct; identify areas of significant social or environmental risk in their supply chains; identify priority risk areas and; actions taken to prevent or mitigate those risks
- Companies would have eighteen months to disclose the annual volume of materials they produce and how much of that production has been displaced with recycled materials
- Establish verifiable baseline and reduction targets on energy and GHG emissions, water, and chemical management. Disclose adopted targets for impact reductions and tracking due diligence implementation, meeting specific criteria such as being absolute, aligned with sector science-based targets, and encompassing all production scopes and processing.
