Introduction Rules about ESG/supply-chain due diligence, modern slavery, and forced labour are ever-increasing and consequently introducing more compliance requirements for organisations. The EU recently issued draft legislation entitled “Proposal for a regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market” (the EU proposal). This article looks at the highlights of this. Why Read more »
UK Whistleblowing Update – New Bill Before Parliament
What is this about? A “Protection for Whistleblowing Bill” (“the Bill”) was introduced before the UK Parliament this summer in an attempt to reform the current UK whistleblowing rules. In sum, the Bill seeks to: Establish an Office of the Whistleblower to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing; Create offences relating to the treatment of whistleblowers and Read more »
Life with GDPR – Boris Johnson Announces Resignation
In this episode, Jonathan Armstrong and Ton Fox discuss Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent announcement that he will be resigning as British PM when his successor is announced. There’s a focus on what this might mean for the worlds of compliance and the law. Some of the highlights include: The reasons for the resignation. How Read more »
UK Modern Slavery Update – Reforms Finally On The Way?
Introduction In this year’s Queen’s Speech it was announced that the UK government will be introducing a Modern Slavery Bill in this parliamentary session. This article briefly looks at this. Background Under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), compliance disclosure and transparency requirements mean that an organization with an annual turnover of Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 101 – The Glencore Edition
Jonathan Armstrong joins the 101th episode of the Everything Compliance podcast where the theme is bribery and corruption including one of the biggest global bribery cases so far involving Glencore. Jonathan explores the Glencore investigation from the UK perspective. He also looks at the Serious Fraud Office’s prospects of bringing individual prosecutions. And he looks Read more »
Client Alert: 21st Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute
Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong will be speaking at the 21st Annual Compliance and Ethics Institute in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday 17 October 2022. He will be talking about the winners and losers in compliance in the last 12 months and he will be joined again by Mary Shirley and Kris Robidoux. You can find out more Read more »
UK Modern Slavery Update
Introduction A recent report urges boardrooms to do more to eradicate modern slavery and, although there are some positive findings, the report is quite critical of business’ compliance in this area. This article looks briefly at the report’s highlights. Background Under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), compliance disclosure and transparency requirements Read more »
UK Whistleblowing Update
What is this about? A recent attempt to reform the current UK whistleblowing rules appears to have stalled. This article is a brief look at where things are at with whistleblowing in the UK. What’s the current situation? Employment In a nutshell, in the UK workers are protected against retaliatory dismissal or detrimental treatment if Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 97 – ESG & Compliance
Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. On the latest episode of Everything Compliance Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks about ESG and compliance. He looks in particular at the issues with renewable energy claims and whether they stand up to scrutiny. Can you do bad when intending to do good? Jonathan builds on the research Read more »
Proposed EU Legislation: Human Rights & Environmental Adverse Impacts Supply-Chain Due Diligence
What’s this all about? Moves to increase Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)/supply-chain due diligence requirements on businesses have been increasing in the past few years, including with regard to modern slavery and forced labour compliance. The EU has now issued very significant and wide-ranging draft legislation about human rights and environmental adverse impacts and Read more »
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