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New Legal Obligations of Companies to Respect Human Rights in Latin America

The business “responsibility to respect” human rights in Latin America, until recently, was governed mainly by soft law, namely the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (“UNGP’s”). Two new legal...more

The Norwegian Transparency Act Comes Into Force: Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence for Large Companies Doing Business in Norway...

On 1 July 2022, the Norwegian Transparency Act entered into force. It requires that large domestic (Norwegian) companies and foreign companies doing business in Norway implement and account for human rights due diligence in...more

The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Five practical steps large Japanese companies should take to prepare for the introduction of mandatory due diligence - The European Commission recently published the text of the proposed Corporate Sustainability Due...more

Proposed New EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

The European Commission has published a proposed Directive on “Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence” (the “Proposed Directive”). The Proposed Directive would impose extensive and legally enforceable duties on large...more

G7 Leaders Sharpen Focus on Labor Issues in Xinjiang: What Does This Mean for Multinational Businesses with Supply Chains in the...

June’s G7 summit showed that eradicating forced labor in Xinjiang remains a top priority for leaders of the world’s most advanced economies. But what does this mean for international businesses with supply chains extending to...more

Energy Newsletter - May 2021

Business and Human Rights: Energy and extractives in a changing landscape of new generation trade agreements protecting and promoting both trade and human rights - As allegations of genocide, forced labour, or widespread...more

National Contact Points in OECD Countries Promote Business & Human Rights in the Extractives Sector

For over 20 years, a little-known dispute resolution mechanism has facilitated conciliatory ends to numerous human rights and environmental grievances levied against multinational corporations. The OECD’s National Contact...more

Key Business and Human Rights Issues for 2021

Business and human rights will continue to receive significant attention and development in 2021. Take a look at what is on the horizon . . . COVID-19: Vaccines are being administered in some countries but COVID-19...more

Energy Newsletter - October 2019

Report from the 2019 Mayors’ Annual Energy Summit in Carlsbad, NM - We attended the Mayors’ Annual Energy Summit again this year, on September 12, at the Walter Gerrells Civic Center Annex in Carlsbad, NM. The Mayors’...more

Climate Change & Human Rights Risks to the Energy Industry: National Contact Points & Project Financing

An increasing number of lawsuits relating to climate change are being filed with courts all around the world. But there is another avenue for pursuing grievances related to climate change that has been relatively unexplored...more

Energy Newsletter - October 2018

Court Faults FERC in its Handling of ANR Storage Company’s Six Year Quest for Authorization to Charge Market-Based Rates for Natural Gas Storage Services - On September 21, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District...more

National Contact Points: A New Frontier for Human Rights Based Complaints Against Energy Companies

While energy companies around the world are becoming aware of the possibility of being sued in domestic courts for human rights offenses that their global subsidiaries have allegedly committed, there is another important...more

Energy Newsletter - February 2018

Developing an FSRU Project in New Markets: 10 Key Considerations - As at 1 July 2017, the total number of operational floating storage and regasification units (“FSRUs”) globally stood at 26, with 23 operating as terminals...more

Landmark UK Case Takes A Stand: Parent Companies May Be Liable For Their Subsidiaries’ Alleged Human Rights Abuses

A landmark United Kingdom case recently has made it clear that UK-based parent companies may be found liable for human rights violations committed by their foreign subsidiaries. Plaintiffs all over the world are filing...more

What Do In-House Counsel Need to Know About Business Human Rights Benchmarking?

Business Compliance with Human Rights - The subject of compliance by businesses (from small to multinational) with human rights norms is in the news every single day. Following the endorsement by the UN Human Rights...more

Civil Society Organizations Release New Guidance on How National Action Plan Should Address Human Rights Issues in the Extractive...

At a time when the extractive industry is facing additional scrutiny from NGOs and civil society organizations for its human rights practices, and States are beginning to take concrete steps to improve their laws governing...more

Energy Newsletter - December 2017

Environmental Citizen Suits—A Growing Trend Under the Trump Administration - In his first year in office, President Trump has begun to deliver on his campaign promise of rolling back environmental regulations—from the...more

Human Rights Considerations & Best Practices for Energy Companies

International human rights laws and norms are increasingly playing a role in shaping how energy companies conduct their business all over the world. Shareholders increasingly demand compliance with human rights norms;...more

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