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One platform for everything behind your suppliers.

Your products and their components, every supplier down to the mine, and the evidence for each link.

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Start from the question in front of you.

A regulation, a customer questionnaire, or a supplier you are about to pay.

What each rule asks

Where the hidden tiers are deepest.

Metal, minerals and electronics, through refiners and traders in several countries.

All industries

An intelligence company.

We research registries, trade records and public sources. We never contact your suppliers.

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DeepTier / Regulation

Prepared, and able to prove it.

New rules make it costly to sell goods linked to forced labour or to restricted entities, and let authorities and customers ask what is upstream. They do not, in general, oblige you to buy a tier 3 map. Evidence is how you prepare, and how you answer.

The dates that matter.

Your largest customers will often ask before the law does.

  1. In force

    UFLPA, United States. Goods made wholly or partly in Xinjiang, or by listed entities, are presumed made with forced labour and can be detained. There is no minimum value.

  2. 01.01.2026

    CBAM definitive period. Importers of more than 50 tonnes a year of covered goods pay for their embedded emissions; certificate sales open on 1 February 2027.

  3. 30.12.2026

    EU Deforestation Regulation applies to large and medium operators. Micro and small operators follow on 30 June 2027.

  4. 18.08.2027

    EU Batteries Regulation due diligence obligations apply to economic operators in scope.

  5. 14.12.2027

    EU Forced Labour Regulation applies. Products made with forced labour cannot be placed on, made available on, or exported from the EU market.

What each rule asks, and where we help.

A summary to orient your questions, not legal advice. Your counsel should confirm how each rule applies to you.

European Union

Forced Labour Regulation

Applies to
All economic operators, of any size, placing products on the EU market or exporting them.
What it asks
Products made with forced labour are banned. Authorities investigate on a risk basis and can request information from companies.
We help
Identify upstream exposure, and hold the evidence you would need to respond.

United States

UFLPA

Applies to
Anyone importing into the US, and suppliers to US importers.
What it asks
Goods made wholly or partly in Xinjiang, or by listed entities, are presumed inadmissible unless the importer proves otherwise.
We help
Trace materials to origin and screen every tier against the UFLPA Entity List.

European Union

CSDDD and customer requests

Applies to
After the 2026 Omnibus revision, the largest companies, from 2029.
What it asks
Those companies will ask their suppliers for information about their own chains.
We help
Answer customer due diligence questionnaires with evidence, not declarations.

European Union

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Applies to
Importers of iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen and electricity. Since 2026, those importing more than 50 tonnes a year of the goods in scope, other than hydrogen and electricity, which have no threshold.
What it asks
Declare the emissions embedded in those imports, and pay for them through CBAM certificates.
We help
Identify the producers and installations upstream whose emissions data you need.

European Union

Batteries Regulation

Applies to
Economic operators in scope placing batteries on the EU market.
What it asks
Due diligence on cobalt, lithium, nickel and natural graphite supply chains.
We help
Map refiners and origins, and document the chain of custody.

European Union

Deforestation Regulation

Applies to
Operators and traders of covered commodities such as wood, rubber and leather.
What it asks
Due diligence and geolocation of production plots for covered products.
We help
Identify where covered materials enter your components.

European Union

Critical Raw Materials Act

Applies to
Primarily large companies manufacturing strategic technologies.
What it asks
Awareness of supply-chain risk and dependency for strategic raw materials.
We help
Reveal single-source and concentration risk upstream.

EU, US, UK and UN

Sanctions and export controls

Applies to
Any company trading with sanctioned or listed parties, directly or through companies they own or control.
What it asks
Screen counterparties and their owners before you trade, and keep screening as the lists change.
We help
Screen every tier and its ultimate owners, and alert you when a list changes.

This page summarises public information as of October 2026 and is not legal advice.

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