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    EU adopts supply chain directive

    2023-12-21T18:16:00Z

    On Dec. 14, the Council and the European Parliament agreed on a preliminary version of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and drafted a much stricter law than the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG), which already applies to large companies. As a result, human rights are anticipated ...

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    BSI voice support for sustainable EU supply chain laws

    2023-11-22T13:53:00Z

    The German Sporting Goods Association (BSI) has voiced its support for the ambitious EU supply chain law, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), advocating for more impact-oriented sustainability legislation. “As an industry, we are open to appropriate, ambitious and impact-oriented sustainability legislation and advocate binding sustainability standards at ...

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    BSI officially voices support for ECHA’s planned PFAS ban

    2023-11-13T11:31:00Z

    The Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry (BSI) has officially voiced its support for the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)’s planned ban on PFAS. Since February 2023, the ECHA has had a proposal on the restriction of the use of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), a group that ...

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    Maïté Angleys joins BSI as new corporate responsibility officer

    2022-04-14T12:40:00Z

    Source: BSI Maïté Angleys As of May 16, 2022, Maïté Angleys will take over the corporate responsibility division of the German Sporting Goods Industry Association (BSI) in Berlin. She comes from the British GearForm Group, which includes the Nikwax and Páramo brands, where she was responsible for ...

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    BSI tells the German government that sport can help defeat Covid

    2021-04-29T09:38:00Z

    The German Sporting Goods Industry Association (BSI) has called on the German federal government in an open letter to recognize the relevance of sport as an “effective corona (virus) prevention” and to use “sport as part of the solution for coping with pandemics.” Sport is important for physical and mental ...

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    BSI calls for European supply chain regulations

    2020-12-09T18:02:00Z

    Responding to a petition made by Greenpeace and other associations and individuals in July, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has initiated a debate over proposed legislation that would oblige companies with 500 or more employees to comply with human rights standards in their global supply chain. Among other things, ...

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    ​Stefan Rosenkranz will be BSI’s new managing director

    2020-12-02T10:42:00Z

    Source: BSI Stefan Rosenkranz The board of the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry ( BSI ) has appointed Stefan Rosenkranz as its new managing director. Rosenkranz will take up his new position on Feb. 1, 2021, taking the place of NIcole ...

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    German suppliers fear that government aid is insufficient

    2020-04-08T18:00:00Z

    On April 6, the German government announced a package of additional financial aid for small and medium-sized companies with 11 to 250 employees. The government will assume 100 percent of the credit risk on loans of up to €800,000 without an assessment of the risks, depending on the size of ...