Japan is preparing to move at “top speed” to create non-binding guidelines that will help companies identify human rights abuses in their supply chains. But is it a mistake to equate regulating quickly with regulating thoroughly? Japan’s commitment to publish...
When it was passed in 2018, Australia’s Modern Slavery Act was considered by its tabling minister to be a “milestone” in the fight against the “heinous crime” of modern slavery. The Act may have been a political milestone, but a number of worrying analyses have found...
Doing Business the Canadian Way: Canada’s Struggle with Modern Slavery Legislation Countries in the OECD and beyond have taken up the cause of creating a rigorous mandate for addressing modern slavery. With S-211, Canada and its business community have an opportunity...
It will be years before we’re able to zoom out and fully account for the war in Ukraine’s lasting global implications. From tectonic geopolitical shifts, all too-familiar energy crises and assorted shortages, there’s been a lot of talk about the economic and political...
Draft legislation is out in the EU and more regulation is on the way that will redefine and mandate what is meant by effective Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) implementation. The scope of HRDD is ballooning to over 13,000 companies that’ll need to update their...
In response to burgeoning public interest about supply chain human rights issues, the EU’s mandatory due diligence law, Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD), requires EU companies to demonstrate they can identify, prevent, remedy and report on human rights...
