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On 14 August 2026, the US Government published formal comments critical of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability ...
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26 August 2026: The California Legislature passed AB 2599, Slavery: corporate disclosures, which would require ...
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On 31 July 2026, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the addition of 43 China-based companies ...
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On 8 May 2026, NGO International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) filed a lawsuit against Lindt’s US subsidiaries ...
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On 30 June 2026, the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network published enforcement guidance setting out how ...
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On 30 June 2026, the European Commission published its Guidelines on the EU Forced Labour Regulation, which bans ...
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On 18 June 2026, International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) re-filed a lawsuit against Starbucks in Seattle, ...
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On 12 June 2026, CBP published its new CBP Forced Labor Enforcement Operational Guidance for Importers.
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On 23 June 2026, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued two Withhold Release Orders (WROs) against ...
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On 16 June 2026, US CBP issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) against copper and copper products manufactured by ...
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On 12 June Canada introduced Bill C-35, the Ban on Importing Goods Made with Forced Labour Act. The Bill was ...
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On 2 June 2026, the US Trade Representative (USTR) released preliminary findings from investigations into 60 ...
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18 May 2026: The US Government opened a case under the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) Rapid ...
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On 4 May, the European Commission published a package of simplification documents for the EU Deforestation Free ...
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On 23 April 2026, the Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU), a Washington-based nonprofit, reported that Pop Mart’s Labubu ...
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On 21 April, Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and four individual Levi’s consumers filed a legal case for violations ...
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On 8 April 2026, Swedish NGO Justice and Accountability Initiative filed a class action lawsuit against Telenor ...
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Enforcement of the US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) in the first six months of FY2026 reflects a ...
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Yves Rocher found liable in Duty of Vigilance Law case
On 12 March, the Paris Commercial Court found Yves Rocher ...
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On 26 February 2026, a legal case brought by 24 migrant workers against Dyson over allegations of exploitative ...
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On 16 February 2026, China Labor Watch filed complaints with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and submitted ...
In February 2026, China Labor Watch filed a BAFA complaint against Linglong Tire, alleging forced labour at its ...
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has published a paper examining responsible business ...
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On 6 February 2026, the European Commission launched a four-week Call for Evidence on draft guidelines under the ...
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On 29 January 2026, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) against coffee ...
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ratified the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (P29) on 15 ...
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On 16 December 2025, IndustriALL Global Union (IndustriALL) filed an OECD NCP complaint against Belgian ...
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On 21 December 2025, China Labor Watch filed a BAFA complaint against Apple, alleging forced labour at supplier ...
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On 11 December, the Norwegian OECD National Contact Point (NCP) published a Final Statement on a 2021 complaint ...
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On 20 November, media reports announced that Italian prosecutors are seeking a six-month advertising ban for ...
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On 16 December, the European Parliament voted in favour of Omnibus I which includes revisions to the Corporate ...
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On 18 November, the ILO published a new edition of the ILO indicators of forced labour. This is the first major ...
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On 6 November, Oxfam announced that plantation workers in Costa Rica received payments from suppliers after ...
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On 13 November, the EU Parliament voted to approve the Legal Affairs Committee’s proposal on the Corporate ...
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In November 2025, the Director of Labour Market Enforcement (DLME) published a review of Operation Tacit, the ...
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On 18 November 2025, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) against ...
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On 30 October, NGOs including Coffee Watch and International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) filed ...
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This post provides an update to our 20 October post on the Withhold Release Order (WRO) issued against Giant ...
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Regulators have raised the bar for brands. Under CSDDD, CSRD and new forced labour regulations, it’s no longer ...
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On 4 November, the criminal trial against industrial multinational Lafarge and four high-level executives ...
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Due Diligence Design is pleased to announce the launch of ADA, the new human rights risk engine built for garment ...
Brazil’s ‘Dirty List’ has drawn renewed attention following Repórter Brasil’s recent investigations into ...
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On 27 October, members of Taiwan’s Control Yuan, a branch of the government which serves as an independent ...
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On 15 October 2025, the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) released new guidance called Heat and Garment Workers’ ...
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On 8 October 2025, Milan prosecutors asked to place Tod’s SpA under court administration over alleged labour ...
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On 27 May 2025, the University of Toronto released a new report, Exports & Exploitation: US Prison Labour ...
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On 30 September 2025, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a withhold release order (WRO) against Giant ...
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On 9 September 2025, Equal Times published an investigation documenting abusive and precarious conditions faced ...
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The Dutch National Contact Point found Pluspetrol in breach of OECD Guidelines for failing to disclose, engage ...
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On 16 September 2025, ENDS report released a three-part podcast named Boy Wasted. It looks at the risks of the ...
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On 13 August 2025, a complaint was filed with Australia’s National Contact Point for Responsible Business ...
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German government published draft bill to remove reporting obligation
On 2 September, the German government ...
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A Brazilian labour court found Volkswagen Brazil guilty of subjecting workers to slavery-like conditions at its ...
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its annual update to the UFLPA Strategy. DHS has added five ...
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On 28 July, NGO Mighty Earth published Cameroon on the Brink: Cocoa’s new deforestation frontier. The report ...
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On 12 August, the US Department of State (DOS) released its 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.There ...
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On 1 August 2025, Italy’s Competition Authority fined Giorgio Armani €3.5 million for social greenwashing, citing ...
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On 22 July, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a case brought by US NGO International ...
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The US DOL reached a settlement with poultry processor MarJac Poultry to pay $385,000 and implement compliance ...
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Enforcement activity under the UFLPA has significantly increased in the first half of 2025. The automotive sector ...
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On 14 July 2025, the Court of Milan placed Loro Piana Spa (Loro Piana), owned by LVMH, under court ...
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A new report by NGO Arisa investigates labour rights issues in eight vertically integrated denim factories in ...
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On 9 July, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the Commission to repeal its Implementing Act ...
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A US federal court ruled that Filipino workers can proceed with forced labour claims against American contractors ...
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In June 2025, the ILO held its annual International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, where several developments ...
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On 5 June, the UK government published a summary of proposed regulations and guidance it plans to introduce on ...
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UNICEF and the ILO released new global estimates showing a decline in child labour between 2020 and 2024. The ...
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On 2 June 2025, the ITUC published its Global Rights Index, assessing the state of workers' rights worldwide. Most ...
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US CBP has issued a withhold release order against the Chinese squid fishing vessel Zhan Fa 7 after finding ...
The Cotton Campaign Coalition released its annual report on the state of forced and child labour in cotton in ...
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The European Commission has released its full list of country classifications under the EUDR. These ...
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US NGO Migrant Justice filed a complaint against Dutch supermarket chain Ahold Delhaize to the Dutch National ...
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A class action was filed against Starbucks in the Southern District of New York, alleging the company misleads ...
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On 1 May, the UK Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal’s ruling that claims by migrant workers alleging ...
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Republican Senator Josh Hawley has announced an investigation into Tyson Foods after a whistleblower alleged the ...
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Germany’s CDU/CSU and SPD political parties have signed a coalition agreement outlining plans to repeal the German ...
BASF divested its shares in two joint ventures in XUAR following reports linking its local partners to alleged ...
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On 24 April, International Rights Advocates filed a lawsuit against Starbucks on behalf of eight migrant workers ...
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German NGO ECCHR filed a complaint under the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) against supermarket ...
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Three non-profits have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Labor over DOGE funding cuts that resulted in ...
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The Council of the EU formally adopted the European Commission’s “stop-the-clock” proposal, completing the ...
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Germany’s CDU/CSU and SPD have reached a coalition agreement to form a new government. The agreement includes its ...
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US Customs and Border Protection issued Withhold Release Order against the South Korean Sea salt supplier, ...
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An ABC News investigation, titled Bitter Brew: The Uncomfortable Truth Behind Your Cup of Tea, identified labour ...
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Four Indonesian fishermen have sued Bumble Bee Foods in a U.S. federal court, alleging the company profited from ...
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BAFA published FAQs on the Risk-Based Approach under the German Supply Chain Act. Notably, the FAQ indicates that ...
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On 26 February 2025, the European Commission introduced the Omnibus Directive. If passed, it will revise some ...
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On 26 February 2025, the European Commission introduced the Omnibus Directive. If passed, it will revise some ...
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Transparentem’s new report flags forced labour risks in Taiwan’s textile industry. The investigation primarily ...
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On 17 December 2024, the High Court issued a judgment on preliminary issues in a libel claim by Smart Shirts ...
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The ILO has published its 2025 Committee of Experts report, highlighting forced labour involving Uyghurs and other ...
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On 20 January, the UK High Court ordered the case against the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) to proceed ...
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Enforcement of the UFLPA remained mostly steady in 2024, with only a slight increase in the total number of ...
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The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise dismissed a complaint against a major Canadian retailer over ...
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Swedish brand Lager 157 was the first brand fined under the Norway Transparency Act, two years after the law went ...
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According to media reports, Charge Solar Renewables Inc. sued the Canada Border Services Agency over allegations ...
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On 18 November, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a consultation on a draft bill to transpose the EU ...
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The Dutch NCP issued its final report and findings in a case brought against Unilever regarding the payment of ...
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The Danish NCP issued its final report and findings in a forced labour case brought against Maersk covering ...
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On 25 October, BAFA announced it would delay its review of company reports under the German Supply Chain Due ...
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The German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control published its activity report for 2023 in regard to the ...
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On 5 September, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) published two ...
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The ILO published a report on the increasing occupational health and safety (OSH) risks of heat stress on workers ...
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US government representatives have sent a letter to the EU Commission asking for the Deforestation Free Products ...
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On 24 June 2024, media sources reported that Shein filed its application with the UK Financial Conduct Authority ...
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The ILO published a report that links climate change impacts to new and heightened OSH risks. The report ...
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The French National Contact Point (NCP) has agreed to pursue a case against Shein brought by two French Members of ...
On 5 April, an Italian court issued a judgment against Giorgio Armani Operations for allowing illegal ...
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In April, United Auto Workers (UAW) filed a complaint against Mercedes-Benz under the German Supply Chain Due ...
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) paused the official adoption of its Climate Disclosure Rules after ...
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On 26 March the Canadian Ombudsman, CORE, found that Canadian mining company, Dynasty, contributed to the forced ...
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On 23 April, the EU Parliament approved the EU Forced Labour Regulation. The regulation bans all products made ...
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On 15 and 19 March the revised legislative draft of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive was ...
In 2024, the ILO will launch a standardised international methodology for calculating a living wage. This is a ...
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The EU Council and EU Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the EU Forced Labour Ban Regulation. The text ...
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On 28 February, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) was not approved by the EU ...
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On 5 December, a Paris Court found French postal service La Poste in violation of the French Duty of Vigilance ...
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The final text of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) was released on 31 January and ...
US non-profit the National Consumers League (NCL) filed a consumer complaint against Starbucks for false claims ...
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The French Supreme Court issued its judgment on criminal charges against French cement manufacturer Lafarge and ...
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On 20 December, the Canadian government published the online questionnaire and guidance for reporting under the ...
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On 24 November, a Dutch court ordered G-Star to pay damages of just under USD 2.6 million based on losses due to ...
A Scottish court published a decision that pauses the case against James Finlay in Scotland, pending a case in ...
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On 12 October, the California Labour Commissioner and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced felony ...
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A Croatian trade union and Clean Clothes Campaign filed a complaint for irresponsible disengagement with the ...
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A Brazilian court found Cargill liable for child and forced labour in its supply chain in Brazil and ordered the ...
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The Australian National Contact Point (NCP) issued a final report finding that an Australian mining company failed ...
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Nike shareholders voted down a proposal to investigate wage theft and other labour rights issues in Nike’s supply ...
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In a landmark jurisdictional decision, the Scottish Court of Session ruled that a legal case against a Scottish ...
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The Norwegian Consumer Protection Authority (NCPA), the regulator for the Norwegian Transparency Act, announced ...
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The US and Mexican governments have agreed on a package of remediation in relation to the first complaint filed ...
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The United States Senate Committee on Finance has officially requested that the Lear Corporation, which ...
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Businesses will have new reporting obligations from 2024 under the Canadian Fighting Against Forced Labour and ...
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Significant litigation addressing gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in overseas operations is ...
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Following an inter-agency investigation, Cambodia’s ambassador to the US is reportedly set to bring a lawsuit ...
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The non-profit ECCHR filed a case against car manufacturers Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz for alleged human ...
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In June, journalists and media outlets published the results of a collaborative investigation into the alleged ...
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Trade unions in Mexico filed the first case against a garment factory through the US-Mexico Rapid Response Labor ...
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On 12 May, NGO People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a greenwashing case with the US Federal Trade ...
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On 4 May ClientEarth filed a case against Cargill with the US National Contact Point (NCP) over its alleged ...
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Bangladeshi workers represented by the trade union, NGWF, filed the first complaint against Tom Tailor, Amazon, ...
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On 22 March, a Dutch Court found G-Star Raw (G-Star) liable for damages after cancelling capacity with its ...
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Carbon finance company South Pole is facing allegations of greenwashing for allegedly overstating its climate ...
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Norway’s Transparency Act came into force in July 2022. The Act requires in-scope companies to conduct due ...
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Libby Annat, Partner at Due Diligence Design, led a discussion on due diligence for circular value chains in a ...
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2025 will be a watershed moment for companies operating in the EU. New and strengthened EU due diligence ...
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There is a clear direction of travel against greenwashing in the EU, the UK and the US, through increased ...
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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD) will establish mandatory human rights and ...
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The EU’s proposed Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on its market is expected to come ...
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Canada is the 25th country globally to ratify the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190). ...
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Companies will be required to disclose against the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) by 2025. ...
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Eight organisations, including Greenpeace Canada, filed a complaint with the Competition Bureau Canada against the ...
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On 1 January 2023 the German Supply Chain Act went into force for large companies with over 3,000 employees in ...
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In December 2022 a legal case was filed against the London Bullion Market Association for severe human rights ...
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The EU passed legislation requiring company boards to have at least 40% of non-executive director positions or at ...
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In December 2022, the US Court of International Trade ruled against Virtus Nutrition, which sought to challenge a ...
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