On June 16, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would impose new ESG due diligence and disclosure requirements on publicly traded companies. H.R. 1187 – the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of...more
6/28/2021
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Climate Change ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Diligence ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Services Committee ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sustainability
The Dutch Senate recently adopted the Child Labour Due Diligence Act, a new measure with far reaching implications for the sourcing, manufacturing, and consumption of products that contain inputs from the bodies of child...more
6/10/2019
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Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Due Diligence ,
Forced Labor ,
Global Market ,
Human Rights ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Netherlands ,
New Legislation ,
Risk Assessment ,
Supply Chain ,
UK
On November 12, The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) released the results of its 2018 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark. The 2018 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark assesses over 100 of the largest publicly traded...more