Jan 06, 2023 German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act kicks off in 2023: Legal battlegrounds for implementation By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske The German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz; the Act) entered into force on 1 January 2023 for the...
Jul 01, 2021 The new standard: German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act adopted By Christoph H. Seibt Boris Kasolowsky Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid Marius Scherb +2 more... Show less With the final deliberations of the German Bundesrat on 25 June 2021, the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (the Act) has officially...
Jun 04, 2021 Event Note: Freshfields hosted Business and Human Rights Thought-Leaders Roundtable on 'Mandatory Supply Chain Due Diligence across Europe' By Boris Kasolowsky Marlen Vesper-Gräske This year marks the 'International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour'. In recognition of this, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer...
Feb 22, 2021 Legislative draft of German Human Rights Supply Chain Duty of Care Act: the new standard for corporate human rights duties? By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Mina Aryobsei Marius Scherb Iris Hammerschmid +2 more... Show less After several months of intra-governmental discussions, a first official legislative proposal on a Human Rights Supply Chain Duty of Care...
Jan 19, 2021 Freshfields hosted online panel on International Human Rights Day: “Human rights due diligence - What challenges do global companies have to face?” By Christoph H. Seibt Marlen Vesper-Gräske Mina Aryobsei Iris Hammerschmid Marius Scherb +2 more... Show less On the International Human Rights Day in December 2020, our German-speaking offices hosted an online panel discussion with key executives...
Oct 16, 2020 EU mandatory supply chain due diligence – European Parliament publishes draft directive By Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid As reported, the European Commission announced earlier this year that it would present a legislative proposal on mandatory human rights...
Sep 23, 2020 Business and human rights: Navigating the legal landscape – a joint report with UN Global Compact By Elizabeth Forster Since the introduction of the UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights in 2011, business and human rights have become increasingly...
Jul 28, 2020 Options for an EU-wide Human Rights Due Diligence Law – European Parliament publishes policy briefings By Marlen Vesper-Gräske On 22 June 2020 the Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament (EP) discussed and published two related policy briefings on the...
Jul 07, 2020 OECD Forum on Responsible Business Conduct Parts II and III – Remedies, resilience and supply chain due diligence By Marlen Vesper-Gräske Mina Aryobsei Marius Scherb Katie Schwarzmann +1 more... Show less The 2020 OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct recently concluded with attention focused on access to remedies and the role...
May 14, 2020 Business as unusual: Will the pandemic lead to a lost generation of diverse talent? By Annette Byron Timothy Wilkins At a recent news conference, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said, ‘The numbers take your breath away. This is a call to action.’ It is now...
Apr 21, 2020 EU study on due diligence requirements through the supply chain – the European Commission’s Final Report and its legislative implications By Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid The European Commission has published the results of its study on due diligence requirements through the supply chain. The study draws on...
Jun 19, 2017 New U.S. Customs and Border Protection rule amends regulations in light of ban on forced labor imports By Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer On June 8, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a final rule in the Federal Register (the official, daily journal of the...