Regulation
Commodity Trader AML Compliance: Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Guide
Anti-money laundering (AML) compliance is among the most consequential regulatory obligations facing Swiss commodity traders. The intersection of high-value …
ESG in Commodity Trading: Standards, Frameworks and Swiss Market Practice
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations have moved from the periphery to the centre of commodity trading. For Swiss-based trading houses — …
Responsible Gold Supply Chains: Due Diligence Standards and Swiss Compliance
Responsible gold supply chains have moved from a niche concern to a central element of the global gold industry’s operating framework. For Switzerland — …
Swiss Commodity Regulation Framework: Comprehensive Guide for Trading Houses
Switzerland’s regulatory framework for commodity trading is distinctive: it combines a traditionally light-touch approach with increasingly robust …
Swiss Sanctions Framework for Commodities: Compliance Guide for Trading Houses
Switzerland’s sanctions framework has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years, moving from a traditionally neutral stance to active alignment …
Switzerland's Corporate Due Diligence Obligations: What Commodity Traders Must Comply With
Switzerland's 2020 corporate due diligence counter-proposal — the Gegenvorschlag — established mandatory human rights and environmental reporting obligations for large commodity traders. Combined with EU CSDDD exposure and OECD conflict minerals guidance, it has fundamentally altered the compliance landscape for Geneva and Zug trading houses.
SECO and Swiss Commodity Regulation: Sanctions, Due Diligence, and ESG
The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs stands at the intersection of Swiss economic policy and the commodity trading industry's regulatory world. Once a relatively light-touch presence in the day-to-day operations of Geneva and Zug trading houses, SECO's role has been transformed by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, evolving AML standards, and the arrival of mandatory due diligence obligations.