Building on my last article about the challenges facing SMEs considering global expansion, I wrote about the challenges of hitting the “ethical compliance wall.”
The "Ethical Compliance Wall" is the point at which an SME's global growth is no longer limited by sales or logistics, but by its ability to provide legally auditable proof of its environmental and social impact.
In 2026, the era of "voluntary reporting" is effectively over. Large multinationals are now legally liable for their entire supply chains, meaning they are aggressively offloading their compliance burdens onto their SME partners.
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