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Two Bills Targeting Forced Labor in Chinese Supply Chains Reintroduced in US Congress

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Over the last several weeks, two bills targeting Chinese supply chains were reintroduced in Congress. Although different in their approach, the COBALT Supply Chain Act and TASK Act both seek to address goods from China...more

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United States Adopts Wide-Ranging China Restrictions

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End-of-Year Sanctions Target Chinese Supply Chains and AI, Quantum Computing, and Biotechnology - Several US executive branch agencies and the US Congress have adopted wide-ranging end-of-year sanctions, export control and...more

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Human rights benchmarks: Corporate performance rankings on the rise: The business case for understanding human rights and ESG...

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The strategic value of paying attention to areas that benchmarks assess - Some companies are skeptical about engaging with human rights and ESG benchmarking, because they question whether human rights and ESG disclosures...more

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Delivering value and managing risks: how human rights are relevant for business

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Mounting pressure on businesses to gain clarity on their social and environmental footprint will challenge corporate operations in 2019. New risks are present but there are also opportunities for companies willing actively to...more

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Bill C-423: Private Member’s Bill Targets Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

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On December 13, 2018, John McKay, the Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Guildwood, introduced private member's bill, Bill C-423: Modern Slavery Act (the "Bill"), which aims to implement Canada’s international commitment to...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

The End of Conflict Minerals?

We have been talking about conflict minerals for years.  And, so have our manufacturing clients.  As covered previously in this blog, the conflict minerals laws and regulations are some of the most well known, but least...more

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How The Failure To Comply With The Conflict Minerals Law Can Expose Manufacturers To Criminal Penalties

Last year, we provided an overview regarding the requirement that U.S. publicly traded companies disclose their use of “conflict minerals.”  As of 2014, the Government Accounting Office reported that 1,321 companies filed the...more

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H.R. 3226: New Bill Calls for Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery in Corporate Supply Chains

In late July, Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced H.R. 3226, the Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015. The bill, if passed, would require companies to file annual reports with...more

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