The German government's smallest coalition partner has refused to give its consent to the EU's Supply Chain Act. The responsible Austrian Minister Kocher from the ÖVP (Austrian People's Party) also refuses to give his consent. What the Austrian and German governments have thus prevented will please many large, globally active companies in many different sectors: they can continue to generate their profits unchallenged on the backs of the socially disadvantaged.

The design of the value chain is an essential part of corporate strategy. Companies in the textile and clothing industry must regularly, intensively and, above all, critically examine their own value chain and optimise it on an ongoing basis, especially against the backdrop of constantly changing market conditions.