6 May, 2021
Japan to include human rights reference in its corporate governance code
Japan is set to become the next country to commit to human rights supply chain due diligence. According to reports, a reference to human rights will be included in a
3 November, 2020
Brussels pushes ahead with project for new European governance
Efforts by the European Commission to introduce new corporate governance laws have stepped up a gear, with a fresh consultation proposing mandatory human rights due diligence and new obligations on co...
8 September, 2020
Corporate support builds for mandatory human rights due diligence
The drive for new European laws compelling companies to undertake mandatory human rights due diligence has received a boost: from companies themselves. Twenty-six large corporates have signed a let...
10 August, 2020
Is human rights risk monitoring a weak link in your supply chain?
As supply chains have grown in complexity, a sizable monitoring industry has emerged, designed to assess human rights risks at suppliers to many companies. Codes of conduct, factory audits and certifi...
10 July, 2020
Boohoo supply chain under scrutiny after Leicester lockdown claims
It’s been a bad week for Boohoo, the fashion group. Following an exposé in The Sunday Times about pay and conditions at a supplier based in Leicester, the company—owner of brands such as...
24 April, 2020
Investors call for mandatory human rights due diligence
The issue of mandatory human rights due diligence for companies will not go away. This week a group of investors with $5trn in assets under management called on governments around the world to impose ...
20 April, 2020
Businesses ‘must consider human rights’ amid pandemic response
Businesses across the world have a responsibility to observe human rights as they respond to the global Covid-19 pandemic, according to a leading think tank. The statement from the
23 December, 2019
2019: The year in governance
It’s that time we when we look back on 2019 and try to make sense of it all, impose some meaning and shape on the issues as they unfolded throughout the past 12 months. One thing we won’t do, h...
6 December, 2019
Norway pushes for mandatory human rights due diligence
Norway has become the latest country to push for mandatory human rights due diligence, with large companies having to check their supply chains and face new reporting obligations on their actions to p...
25 November, 2019
