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Following agreement on the ‘stop-the-clock’ directive, which will delay the dates from which the EU’s flagship Corporate Sustainability...
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On 24 March, the Home Office published updated guidance (the Guidance) for companies producing modern slavery statements as required by...
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On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its proposals for the first in a series of ‘omnibus’ packages, aimed at...
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On 21 January, the UK Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (“the Joint Committee”) launched an inquiry into the UK’s legal and...
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In early February, the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association brought together lawyers and practitioners from all over the world...
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On 29 January, the European Commission published an official communication on ‘A Competitiveness Compass for the EU’ (‘the Compass’)....
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In recent years, national courts have played an increasing role in the determination of climate change issues. At the same time,...
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This week, the Government published its response to the House of Lords Select Committee’s (the Committee) report on the impact and...
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The Forced Labour Regulation (the “Regulation”)[1] has been published in the EU's Official Journal and will start to apply three years...
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The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen created a bit of a stir recently at an informal meeting of heads of state...
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A House of Lords Select Committee, tasked with considering the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA), recently published a report setting out...
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Launched on 23 September, the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) is an initiative that will develop...
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On 28 August 2024, the UN Secretary-General published a report exploring the links between the loss and damage [1] caused by climate...
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The European Commission has published a set of FAQs on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D). The document is...
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The Court of Appeal in R (World Uyghur Congress) v NCA has found that the NCA’s decision not to open a money laundering investigation...
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More than 20 jurisdictions, representing nearly 55% of global GDP and more than half of global greenhouse gas emissions[1], have...