The tracker · Norway
OECD-aligned due diligence plus a unique public right to information from any covered company.
Consultation on removing the negotiation model closed on 30 September 2026, with no outcome published yet.
In plain language
The Transparency Act requires covered enterprises to carry out due diligence aligned with the OECD Guidelines, publish an annual account of that work, and answer written information requests from any member of the public within three weeks. The information right is the distinctive feature: any person may ask how a company handles actual and potential adverse impacts, generally or for a specific product.
The Consumer Authority combines guidance with enforcement, and its supervisory sweeps have pushed companies well beyond boilerplate statements. Civil society organisations in producing countries have begun using the information right strategically, which makes this small-jurisdiction law unusually relevant to Global South practitioners.
Obligations
Enterprises must embed responsible business conduct, identify and address adverse impacts, and track and communicate results.
A due diligence account must be published by 30 June each year and be easily accessible.
Written requests from any person must be answered adequately and within statutory deadlines.
Timeline
Act entered into force.
First annual due diligence accounts published.
Consumer Authority guidance and sweeps raised the adequacy bar for responses and accounts.
Ministry of Children and Family Affairs published its evaluation of the act, examining its fit with EU sustainability rules.
Ministry consultation on removing the negotiation model closed on 30 September 2026. It would let the Consumer Authority issue binding decisions without first seeking voluntary compliance, and the outcome has not been published.
Changelog
Consultation on the negotiation model closed on 30 September 2026; no outcome published yet.
Added the 2025 evaluation and the 2026 consultation on strengthening the Consumer Authority enforcement powers.
Entry updated with the latest Consumer Authority supervision findings.
Exposed export value at full application, across the ten tracked origins · Figures come from UN Comtrade. For each country we use what its buyer markets reported importing, rather than what the country itself reported exporting, because several tracked countries report to Comtrade late or not at all. Every share is measured against that country's exports to the nine regulated markets this index tracks, not against its total exports to the world, because no reliable world total exists for countries that under-report. European Union figures add up all twenty seven member states. The European product breakdown by chapter is estimated from the four largest importers, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Italy, and scaled up to the full twenty seven member total, so it captures which products dominate without understating any single one. · methodology