Tag Archives: human rights legislation

Houses of Parliament and Big Ben

How should corporates respond to the significant increase in human rights legislation?

With the increase in emerging human rights legislation, notably the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD) Directive which is likely to impact UK businesses with operations in Europe, the new Norwegian Transparency Act, the German Supply Chain Act and others, GoodCorporations’s first Business Ethics Debate of 2023 explored how companies should respond to emerging…

gavel on top of an open book

Requirements for businesses under emerging human rights legislation

As human rights legislation continues to evolve, businesses are under increasing pressure to identify and address any human rights impacts. As part of that process, businesses are being mandated to undertake human rights due diligence in an ever-growing number of jurisdictions. The pressure for human rights due diligence Human rights due diligence refers to the…