Jurisdiction, Corporate Social Responsibility

Forced Labor Due Diligence and Annual Reporting Requirements: Is Your Company in Compliance in Your Jurisdiction?

Torres Trade Law, PLLC on 7/29/2024

The use of forced labor, child labor, or modern slavery practices (collectively “forced labor”) in supply chains is not a new problem in the international trade world; however, many companies remain unaware of forced labor...more

IOSCO Calls for Oversight of ESG Ratings and Data Product Providers

Latham & Watkins LLP on 11/30/2021

The association noted that regulators could provide market participants with much-needed additional trust in ESG ratings and data. On 23 November 2021, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)...more

The Global Spotlight on Labor Trafficking in Corporate Supply Chains -- Know Your Obligations

Jones Day on 8/22/2018

Human trafficking is a global problem that is receiving the attention of legislators and law enforcement. Legislative efforts are focused largely on increasing corporate responsibility in the eradication of human trafficking....more

Update on the responsibility to respect human rights and parent company liability: what the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Okpabi...

Hogan Lovells on 2/19/2018

In the last four months, the Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in two important cases relating to parent company liability and jurisdiction over extra-territorial human rights impacts. ...more

A binding treaty on business and human rights? Still a way to go.

Hogan Lovells on 11/2/2017

Last week (23-27 October 2017), the third round of negotiations on a binding international treaty on business and human rights concluded. In this post we consider what (if any) progress has been made and what the sticking...more

Who Is My Neighbour? Ontario Court Rejects a Duty of Care to Employees of Foreign Suppliers

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 7/24/2017

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently dismissed a proposed class action arising out of the collapse of a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh. On July 5, 2017, in Das v. George Weston Limited (Das), the court found...more

“Citizen Suits” Under China’s Revised Environmental Protection Law: A Watershed Moment In Chinese Environmental Litigation?

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 3/10/2016

A little over a year ago, on January 1, 2015, China’s amended Environmental Protection Law (“EPL”) went into effect, representing a significant aspect of China’s concerted effort to place greater emphasis on environmental...more

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