06 Oct, 2017 Tracking modern slavery movements in Australia and at the UN General Assembly By Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Efforts to increase transparency around modern slavery risks in companies’ operations and supply chains have dominated the business and...
14 Apr, 2017 UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights reports on Government’s progress in implementing the UNGPs By Kate Collister In 2013, the UK Government was one of the first globally to commit to a national action plan regarding implementation of the UN Guiding...
18 Nov, 2016 Brexit: What It Means for Human Rights By Deba Das Co-authored with Emily Holland Nearly two weeks after the Leave vote the contours of a post-Brexit world are far from clear. We examine...
11 Oct, 2016 Germany moves ahead with new environmental, social and governance reporting requirements By Dr Thomas Voland As previously discussed in blog posts documenting the rise of supply chain legislation and the emergence of disclosure-based lawsuits,...
03 May, 2016 Where Next For Human Rights Reporting Obligations? By Michael Quayle The reporting requirements introduced by the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (TISCA) and the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015...