With the rise in globalisation and the demand for cheap products to be available at all times, transnational companies have been forced to cut corners and hide their dubious and irresponsible practices in the loopholes of the modern-day supply chain networks. Through the rise in awareness around topics such as supply chain sustainability and the impact that some companies have had in foreign countries, governments were forced to introduce due diligence acts in which companies must now answer for all the wrong that occurs in their supply chain. Hence, the newly introduced German Supply Chain Act.