NY Fashion Act: Supply Chain Due Diligence Law
New York is the fashion capital of the United States, and the New York Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act (originally introduced in 2021 as Senate Bill S7428 / Assembly Bill A8352 and reintroduced in 2023) is the most aggressive state-level fashion regulation proposed in the country. If passed, it would require fashion brands and retailers doing business in New York with more than $100 million in global revenue to map their supply chains, disclose environmental and social impacts, and set binding targets for improvement.
The NY Fashion Act is modeled in part on the French Duty of Vigilance Law (LdV) and the EU's CSDDD — but specifically tailored to the fashion, footwear, and apparel industry. On the Sustalium platform, we are already seeing fashion brands begin to structure their supply chain data in anticipation of the legislation, because the mapping and disclosure requirements mirror what their European operations are already doing under CSRD and CSDDD.