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[Virtual Conference] NAVEX Next 2024 - September 19th, 7:30 am - 3:30 pm ET

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13th Annual Risk & Compliance Virtual Conference | Thursday, September 19 - A thriving future begins with smart governance, risk and compliance decision-making today. Join thousands of your peers at this complimentary...more

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Analysis: Are Technology Sharing and Cross-Silo Relationships Intrinsically Linked?

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Ever felt like you’re speaking a different language to your colleagues in another department? Or maybe you’ve rediscovered the wheel, only to find out another team already solved that problem? As business operations get more...more

Jones Day

Australia's Climate Disclosure Regime Moves Closer to Implementation Beginning 1 January 2025

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On 27 March 2024, Australia's climate disclosure regime moved a significant step closer to implementation, with the federal government's introduction of proposed legislation into Parliament. Any organisations with a presence...more

The Volkov Law Group

A Deeper Dive into Supply Chain Transparency & Accountability

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The sheer proliferation of supply chain transparency and accountability regulations at international scale itself warrants a closer look at the level of scrutiny required of organizations with complex, multi-faceted, global,...more

K&L Gates LLP

February 2024 ESG Policy Update—Australia

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Australian Update - Draft Legislation – Climate-Related Financial Disclosures The Australian Government has released Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2024: Climate-related financial disclosure, which is draft legislation...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Importance of Risk Audits for PFAS in the Automotive Industry

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The automotive industry continues to grow a record of sustainability, improving fuel efficiency and proliferating electric vehicles, and adopting eco-friendly manufacturing processes. Along with these important sustainability...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

IAASB Public Consultation on Proposed Sustainability Assurance Standard to Begin in July

In April, the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) announced that the public consultation period for its proposed new sustainability assurance standard will begin in late July or early August 2023...more

White & Case LLP

ESG liability and litigation risks with a focus on Germany: Greenwashing

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The European Commission ("Commission") is relentless in its fight against Greenwashing and the misrepresentation of sustainability impacts or benefits of a company’s products or actions. Following the global ESG trend and the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

IAASB Proposes Strategy and Work Plan for 2024-2027

On January 11, 2023, the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), a “global independent standard-setting body that serves the public interest by setting high-quality international standards” for the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Corporate Sustainability: EU to Expand ESG-Related Reporting Obligations

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On November 28, 2022, the European Council gave its final approval to a new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Once transposed into the laws of the EU members states, the new set of rules will replace the...more

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[Event] 11th Annual European Compliance & Ethics Institute - March 20th - 22nd, Amsterdam, Netherlands

In-person is back! Join us in Amsterdam for the 2023 European Compliance & Ethics Institute! Strengthen your compliance and ethics program by attending our 11th annual European Compliance and Ethics Institute, 20-22 March...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Virtual Event] ESG and Compliance Conference - December 1st, 8:25 am - 3:00 pm CST

Discover how to set and accomplish your ESG goals - Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) is no longer an isolated function within a company, nor is it an issue only for publicly traded companies. It’s front and center...more

Paul Hastings LLP

You Better Watch Out: A New EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive is Seeing the Day

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On June 21, 2022, the Council of the European Union (“European Council”) and European Parliament (“Parliament”) reached a provisional political agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”). A copy of...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2022

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As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

European Parliament and Council Reach Political Agreement on CSRD

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The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive expands the existing sustainability reporting requirements and brings more companies under its scope. On 21 June 2022, the European Parliament and European Council reached...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Civil Rights Audits: A Good Value

What do civil rights laws, emerging technology and the business community have in common? The growing demands for civil rights audits....more

Mintz

SEC Climate and ESG Task Force Issues First Enforcement Action

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The SEC's Climate and ESG Task Force has now issued its first enforcement action. The SEC has brought a 76-page complaint in federal district court against Vale, S.A., a Brazilian mining company, alleging that Vale "ma[de]...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

More Than Just Lip Service: How Companies Can Make Environmental Commitments That Reduce Business Risk while Saving Money and the...

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As part of the “E” or environmental component of Environmental, Social, and Governance principles, companies of all sizes are making environmental commitments a part of their business vision and practice, leading to...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Revised Nonresident Audit Guidelines For New York Statutory Residence

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Last Week- What a week it was. It began relatively well, with the Cowboys losing the NFC wild card game, albeit to a California team. It ended disturbingly, with the Arizona Democratic Party censuring Senator Sinema...more

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Sustainability – where are we now?

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What are the main sustainability issues currently affecting the real estate industry?  And what are the practical implications – will they cause a change in behaviour? Recent months have seen schoolchildren going on...more

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