Aside from the efficiency and visibility offered by Altana, this will help ensure your company is engaging in ethical business practices all the way across your value chain. Altana is the same partner used by U.S. Customs & Border Protection to enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). The UFLPA went into effect in 2022 to prohibit the import of goods into the United States that were produced either wholly or in part with forced labor in China, specifically the Xinjiang region. US CBP is to detain any goods that it determines were made using these unethical business practices. Detention of goods is not only time-consuming, but also extremely costly. Since the UFLPA was enacted in 2022, US CBP has detained more than $2.4B worth of shipments containing goods made in violation of the UFLPA.

Thanks to Altana, our customers can now proactively avoid these risks. By applying AI to its existing network of data, Altana provides twice the supply chain visibility of other providers. In turn, we are able to offer our customers a brand-new opportunity to screen new and existing suppliers across their value chain for potential risk factors.

We understand that most of our clients already have more than enough to focus on to keep their businesses running smoothly and efficiently. Constantly vetting and monitoring their suppliers just isn’t practical. Altana will automatically monitor and screen all shipments and suppliers for compliance exposures across forced labor, sanctions, export controls, and more. If it flags any risks, it will highlight those risks and allow our customers to investigate them. And if you need to source a new supplier to remain in compliance with the UFLPA, Altana will search for and screen across millions of suppliers to ensure your goods are ethically sources and compliant.