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On Friday 12 February, Germany’s economy, labour and cooperation minsters reached an agreement on the major points of a new ‘supply chain law’, which will increase the due diligence obligations of...

15 February 2021

EU: EU Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs adopted its resolution on multinational enterprise due diligence

On 27 January 2021, the EU Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs members adopted a draft resolution that intends to serve as a basis from which the European Commission can draw as it works on...

28 January 2021

Human rights: governments and NGOs up pressure on companies to prevent exploitation of Uighurs

As evidence of the enslavement of hundreds of thousands of Uighurs accumulates, with members of the population deported from their homes and often locked up in huge labour camps, there is a...

22 January 2021

Unilever commits to guaranteeing a living wage in its supply chain by 2030

On 21 January 2021, Unilever, the UK multinational consumer goods group, issued a press release detailing its commitments to help ‘build a more inclusive society’ (here). Foremost among these is...

21 January 2021

Apple to adjust executive bonuses according to social and environmental criteria

In its annual report sent to shareholders on 05 January 5 ahead of it annual general meeting, the American multinational technology company announced that going forward the company will vary the...

7 January 2021

United Kingdom: Unilever commits to preventing discrimination on the basis of hair and hairstyles

The consumer goods giant Unilever has signed up to the Halo Code, the UK’s first black hair code, which aims to protect people with afros and other black hairstyles so they can go to work or...

11 December 2020

Switzerland: responsible business initiative fails to garner sufficient support

In a vote held on Sunday 29 November, a popular initiative in Switzerland that seeks to hold large companies in the country accountable for the actions of their affiliates and suppliers abroad...

30 November 2020

UN: negotiations over a treaty on company responsibility in the event of human rights violations make progress, though each side continues to stand firm

On 30 October, the intergovernmental working group concluded the sixth negotiating session on a legally binding instrument on business and human rights, covering the third version of this text. It...

16 November 2020

CSR: the Fair Wage Network provides tools to help companies develop fair pay practices for direct employees and those of suppliers

The Fair Wage Network was created back in 2009, the day after the first Fair Wage Conference organised by the Fair Labor Association in Washington. The organisation, founded with the aim of...

9 November 2020

Switzerland: debate over the ‘Multinationales responsables’ (Responsible Business) initiative intensifies with just one month left before its referendum vote

Launched in 2015 and hotly debated ever since, the Responsible Business initiative that targets all Swiss-based companies and multinationals operating both nationally and abroad, in the areas of...

27 October 2020

Great Britain: after the Living Wage, companies now committing to ‘Living Hours’

In the midst of the pandemic, British insurer Aviva, alongside Scottish insurance company Standard Life Aberdeen, have become the first groups to implement the ‘Living Hours’ model as...

21 October 2020

CSR: when auditors cease working with companies accused of bad practice

On October 19 the UK subsidiary of the professional services consultancy firm PwC, confirmed it was ceasing its auditing services that date back to 2014 of the online Boohoo clothing sales...

20 October 2020

Great-Britain : new app to combat modern slavery in agricultural work

This new UK app aims to inform companies and workers in order to help tackle worker exploitation in the agricultural sector, and is an attempt to respond to labour exploitation situations that...

23 July 2020

United States: California wants to eliminate piecework payment in the clothing industry

Working conditions for female textile and clothing workers in California are expected to improve as a result of the proposed Garment Worker Protection Act. This legislation, authored by South San...

16 July 2020

Germany: federal government confirms adoption of controversial draft legislation on corporate due diligence ahead of the 2021 elections

On 14 July, Federal Ministers of Economic Cooperation and Development, and Labour and Social Affairs, Gerd Müller and Hubertus Heil respectively, confirmed that the draft law on...

15 July 2020

CSR: Covid-19 outbreaks in the heart of the EU have uncovered working conditions that are sometimes akin to modern-day slavery

The coronavirus has acted as a messenger. After an entire meat slaughtering sector was stigmatized in Germany, the hot seat of shame has been passed to the British online clothing company Boohoo...

9 July 2020

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8 December 2025

mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators

In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...

31 October 2025

Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”

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20 October 2025

France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy

On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...

15 October 2025

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EU: Commission proposes loosening of AI regulations

On 19 November, the European Commission published a proposal for an omnibus regulation aimed at simplifying the AI Act in order to ‘ensure the swift, smooth and proportionate implementation’ of...

24 November 2025

EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised

On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...

5 December 2025

EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive

The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...

9 December 2025

EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules

On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...

16 December 2025

Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation

Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...

28 November 2025

Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia

On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...

28 November 2025