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Sustainable supplier evaluation under due diligence acts
Kraft, Sarah Katharina
, Quayson, Matthew and Kellner, Florian
(2025)
Sustainable supplier evaluation under due diligence acts.
Frontiers in Sustainability 6.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 03 Nov 2025 07:53
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.78054
Abstract
The enactment of due diligence legislation, such as the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains, in German Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (LkSG), is reshaping global supply chain management by compelling companies to tackle heightened human rights and environmental risks in their supply chain. This study addresses the need for a comprehensive sustainability ...
The enactment of due diligence legislation, such as the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains, in German Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (LkSG), is reshaping global supply chain management by compelling companies to tackle heightened human rights and environmental risks in their supply chain. This study addresses the need for a comprehensive sustainability supplier evaluation framework by employing a systematic literature review with an expert survey of practitioners from German companies subject to LkSG. This methodology aligns academic findings with real-world practice and legal requirements, enriching the literature with practical insights. The results reveal that business practice prioritizes economic and social dimensions, whereas the literature focuses on economic and environmental dimensions. Although the most relevant economic and environmental criteria are consistent across both domains, the key social criteria show a notable misalignment. Managers can utilize the most relevant sustainability supplier evaluation criteria identified in this study to promote sustainable supply chains and ensure compliance with due diligence requirements. This research also highlights the high relevance of human rights as a social criterion, a dimension that has been historically under-recognized or implicitly addressed in the literature.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Frontiers in Sustainability | ||||
| Publisher: | Frontiers | ||||
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| Volume: | 6 | ||||
| Date | 23 October 2025 | ||||
| Institutions | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > Lehrstuhl für Controlling und Logistik (Prof. Dr. Andreas Otto) | ||||
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| Keywords | supplier evaluation, supplier selection, sustainability criteria, due diligence, high-risk, suppliers, supply chain act, human rights | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-780541 | ||||
| Item ID | 78054 |
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