11 August, 2021
The UK has gone from leader to laggard on business and human rights
A year after the Modern Slavery Act came into force, then Prime Minister Theresa May was effusive in her praise for Section 54’s supply chain transparency requirement. It is, as she described it in ...
7 July, 2021
Calls grow for tougher rules on human rights in supply chains
There is now major pressure for the UK to update its laws governing the way companies approach the risk of human rights abuses in their supply chains. Some form of action looks almost certain. Camp...
25 June, 2021
MEPs protest over EU sustainable corporate governance measures
There is a clash under way in Brussels over the future of measures to introduce sustainable corporate governance across the European Union. This week members of the European Parliament wrote to com...
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
