Introduction It is common these days for organisations to make claims about their ESG credentials including claims that they are “kind to the environment,” “doing their best for the planet,” or “carbon-neutral.” However, in this complex and changing world, how can they justify those claims? Many jurisdictions around the world have fair trading laws in Read more »
EU Plans To Ban Imports of Forced Labour Products
What’s this all about? Forced labour/modern slavery/ESG/supply chain due diligence continues to be as topical a compliance issue as ever. A number of countries around the world now have some form of compliance requirements in this sphere, including the UK with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (see our update article here https://www.corderycompliance.com/uk-modern-slavery-compliance-rules-draft-amends/). The UK Parliament Read more »
EU Issues Modern Slavery Due Diligence Guidance
What’s this all about? As of yet the EU does not have equivalent legislation to the UK’s Modern Slavery Act or similar national legislation that exists in some EU countries. But, moves are being made in the EU to adopt Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)/supply chain legislative due diligence requirements on businesses (which we’ve Read more »
New UK Draft Legislation To Amend UK Modern Slavery Compliance Rules
What’s this all about? Under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), compliance disclosure & transparency requirements mean that an organization with an annual turnover of £36 million (approximately $50 million at today’s rate) or more that sells goods or services in the UK is required to annually publish a slavery statement demonstrating Read more »
Client Alert: Government response to UK Parliamentary Enquiry relating to Xinjiang Supply Chains
Introduction The UK Parliament’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee, recently published the Government’s response to the BEIS Committee’s report on allegations relating to Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang, China and supply chain accountability more generally. We looked at the background to this Parliamentary Enquiry here in our alert here https://bit.ly/parlchina. What did the Read more »
ESG/Supply Chain Due Diligence Legal Trends Update
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 and in particular recently, including with modern slavery compliance. The pace of change has increased across Europe in recent months with proposed new legislation in the EU and Read more »
15,824 Organizations in the UK sent Modern Slavery Compliance Registry Letter
Introduction We have written before recently about the stepping up of activity in modern slavery compliance in the UK. More details have now emerged of an exercise that the Home Office completed last month to encourage organisations to file their modern slavery statements online. What’s this all about? Under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 Read more »
Episode 267: Cordery Head to Head @ Home – Eric Sinrod on new litigation in times of COVID
In this edition of Cordery Head to Head @ Home Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks to Professor Eric Sinrod from his home in California. They reflect on a recent survey by Duane Morris on new forms of litigation which have appeared during the pandemic. The US is often seen as the home of inventive litigation and Read more »
Client Alert: Driving Compliance: Car Tech and Data Protection FAQs
We first published this article on 20 May 2020 and we are updating it to take account of the EDPB’s revised guidance and some other recent developments. Introduction Vehicle technology (often called car tech) is becoming increasingly sophisticated, with GPS trackers, inbuilt software, in-car cameras and other devices and apps gathering large amounts of data Read more »
Client Alert: Parliamentary Committee Report on Supply Chains
Introduction Last month we reported on possible new supply chain legislation relating to China (see https://www.corderycompliance.com/new-supply-chain-laws-china/). We talked about a UK Parliamentary enquiry from the influential Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee. On 17 March, the BEIS Committee published its report. The report criticizes the UK Government’s response to growing supply chain issues, especially Read more »