For years, the standard of care in responsible sourcing has been defined by effort: documented processes, supplier assessments, demonstrated risk awareness. The EU Forced Labour Regulation (EU) 2024/3015, applying from 14 December 2027, shifts that logic entirely. The question is no longer whether a company followed the right procedures, but whether a specific product was made with forced labour at any stage of its value chain. As the Commission has put it, all EU companies – regardless of size – must ensure that products made with forced labour do not enter or leave the EU market, and: “How this is achieved is up to them.”

ESG, compliance and risk management

Compliance Consultant

Sandra has experience with implementing strategic sustainability and compliance projects in the international business sector. She has worked in a German agri-foods industrial group, where she had operational responsibility for compliance with various sustainability regulations, including the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LKSG), the upcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and SEDEX audits. She has worked on various commercial projects, including compliance-standards in the import of tropical agricultural products, sustainability reporting, anti-greenwashing and a range of certification programmes in the agri-food industry.  

Sandra consults the ESG and compliance team with a range of due diligence projects relating to sanctions and export controls, as well as wider issues concerning ESG and sustainability. She holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen, where she wrote her thesis on the EU Deforestation Regulation.

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Sandra assists the compliance team with a range of due diligence projects relating to sanctions and export control, as well as issues concerning ESG and sustainability.

Sandra Melody Larsen

Sustainability Specialist and Human Rights lead