17 July, 2019
Human rights due diligence push ‘could turn boards into legal departments’
It’s become a commonplace approach among lawmakers and regulators: if you want to enforce new rules, get big companies to do it for you among their suppliers. And so it is with human rights due dili...
12 September, 2018
Responsible business conduct: the OECD way
Businesses now have the latest tool to aid them in their efforts to trade responsibly. The
1 June, 2018
OECD publishes guidance on responsible business due diligence
Forty-eight countries have signed up to OECD guidance on due diligence for responsible business conduct. The
20 November, 2017
Campaigners call on EU to back mandatory human rights due diligence
A major campaign group has called on Brussels to make mandatory human rights due diligence for corporates part of European Union company law. The European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) mak...
1 November, 2017
Broaden evaluation of foreign investors’ intentions, urges EEF
Plans to widen the scope of UK takeover adjudications to consider more clearly the acquirer’s intentions fail to go far enough, according to manufacturing lobby group EEF. It also says the plans ...
25 January, 2017
