by Jasmin Hansohm | Dec 16, 2025 | ALERTS
On 16 December, the European Parliament voted in favour of Omnibus I which includes revisions to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) following trilogue negotiations. As a next step,... 
by Claire Brown | Dec 9, 2025 | ALERTS
On 18 November, the ILO published a new edition of the ILO indicators of forced labour. This is the first major revision since the indicators were originally published in 2012. There are no changes to the 11 forced labour indicators themselves, however, their... 
by Jasmin Hansohm | Dec 17, 2025 | ALERTS
On 20 November, media reports announced that Italian prosecutors are seeking a six-month advertising ban for Italian garment brand Tod’s. Prosecutors are also pursuing three of its high-level executives in connection with alleged labour exploitation in the brand’s... 
by Max Ebdon | Dec 3, 2025 | ALERTS
On 18 November 2025, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) against Firemount Group covering garments, apparel and textiles manufactured in Mauritius. This is the fourth WRO issued in 2025. The WRO cites four ILO forced labour... 
by Gaia Rea | Dec 3, 2025 | ALERTS
In November 2025, the Director of Labour Market Enforcement (DLME) published a review of Operation Tacit, the multi-agency programme examining labour conditions in Leicester’s garment manufacturing sector between 2020 and January 2023. Operation Tacit was triggered in...