SIL featured in markenartikel interview on turning compliance into competitive advantage
In a recent interview with the German magazine markenartikel, SIL’s Maximilian Palmié explains how companies can turn requirements such as EUDR and PPWR from compliance obligations into innovation, new value creation, and competitive advantage.
SIL’s Maximilian Palmié was recently interviewed by Vanessa Göbel for issue 6/2026 of markenartikel. Under the title “Compliance sollte Startpunkt sein, nicht Ziel” — “Compliance should be the starting point, not the goal” — he discusses how sustainability regulation can become more than a resource-intensive box-ticking exercise.
Palmié argues that well-designed regulation can stimulate innovation when it defines clear goals while leaving companies room to develop, test, and improve their solutions. The greatest opportunities lie in translating product traceability, recyclable materials, repair models, and circular supply chains into customer value, credible brand promises, and new business models. Over time, Europe’s demanding sustainability standards may also become a competitive advantage by setting global benchmarks.
The interview also highlights the gap between regulatory ambition and business reality. Clean product data, interoperable IT systems, transparent supplier structures, robust life-cycle analyses, and collaboration across retailers, logistics providers, data platforms, and recyclers are essential. Without these foundations, regulation risks becoming compliance theater rather than a driver of measurable impact.
The interview is available in German. Download the full interview as a PDF and view issue 6/2026 in the markenartikel archive.
