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UK business leaders have called on the government to scrap use of the gendered word “chairman” in official documents filed with Companies House, the country’s corporate register...

4 March 2022

Portugal: government creates a jobs vacancy website for Ukrainian refugees

On 28 February and in a move to support Ukranian refugees, Portugal’s government launched an online jobs platform to channel company job vacancies towards them. In just one day, the...

2 March 2022

Norway: due diligence Transparency Act comes into force on 01 July 2022

While on 23 February the European Commission finally presented, a draft directive on due diligence, in June 2021 the Norwegian Parliament adopted a Transparency Act (Åpenhetsloven), which...

24 February 2022

EU: EU draft directive on corporate sustainability due diligence finally unveiled

On 23 February, and following approval by the College of Commissioners, the European Commission presented its long-awaited draft directive on due diligence. Although NGOs had been worried that...

23 February 2022

Nestlé announces global plan to tackle child labour

Identified in early 2021 along with several other major chocolate manufacturers as using child labour in Côte d’Ivoire (c.f. article No.12367), Nestlé, the Swiss transnational...

15 February 2022

Great Britain: ‘Levelling up the UK’, a plan to develop local skills

Published on 02 February, a 300-page White Paper document plans to unify living standards and productivity throughout the UK by 2030 by energising the whole of the nation and by boosting local...

9 February 2022

Engie enters into a new Global Framework Agreement on Fundamental Rights and ENGIE’s Social Responsibility

On 20 January 2022 the French multinational utility company, which operates in 70 countries, signed a global framework agreement (GFA) with three global union federations IndustriALL, BWI, and...

20 January 2022

CSR: support for caregiving employees, a new challenge for companies

A study published in March 2021 by the Terra Nova think tank and the Transitions démographiques, Transitions économiques (TDTE) research chair estimates that the number of people...

7 January 2022

Britain: toolkit published on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the recruitment process

Called Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the job interview process: Toolkit for employers, careers advisers and hiring platforms, this information document distributed in November was produced by...

9 December 2021

Great Britain: government looks to further improve female representation in the upper rungs of FTSE companies

On 01 November, the UK government announced the establishment of a new five-year review called the FTSE Women Leaders Review. The overall ambition of the review is to increase female...

10 November 2021

UN: draft Treaty on corporate accountability for human rights violations still stalled

Continuing the process launched in 2014, the open-ended intergovernmental working group under the aegis of the UN met in Geneva, between 25-29 October for a 7th session of negotiations to...

4 November 2021

Great Britain: retail sector calls for a law to prevent all forms of abuse in subcontracting activities

Tesco supermarkets, John Lewis and Primark stores, online retailer Asos, insurance company Aviva, food multinational Mondelez (owns Cadbury), Mars, Twinings, Unilever, and Microsoft are among the...

28 October 2021

Leaders of 26 major companies commit to eliminating gender inequality by 2030

On 18 October at the opening of the Women’s Forum 2021 in Milan and ahead of the 30-31 October G20 summit to be held in Rome, 26 leaders of major corporations signed a ‘zero gap’...

27 October 2021

France: parliament makes decision on court jurisdiction in the event of disputes linked to corporate due diligence

More than four years on from the adoption in France of the 'duty of vigilance' law (see article n°10079), parliamentarians have granted jurisdiction in the event of litigation to judicial courts...

22 October 2021

China: the war against overworking laid bare on a massive spreadsheet

Since 12 October a spreadsheet, accessible via the Tencent QQ messenger platform has been making waves across the Chinese social networks. Along the columns are detailed the names of companies...

21 October 2021

ILO adopts new code of practice with guidance to strengthen health and safety for textile workers

Avoiding ‘tragedies’ such as the Rana Plaza disaster, which claimed the lives of more than 1,100 textile workers in 2013 when a building housing manufacturing facilities supplying...

13 October 2021

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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement

Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...

5 March 2026

France: Crédit Agricole to tighten remote work rules

Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.

29 January 2026

France: Orange submits gender equality agreement – including AI provisions – for union approval

The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...

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

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United Kingdom: government launches consultation on AI and data protection rules

L’info. Le gouvernement britannique a lancé, du 15 juillet au 9 septembre 2026, une consultation afin d’identifier les dispositifs juridiques, techniques et de gouvernance...

28 August 2026

EU: social partners set out position on guidelines for the sustainability due diligence directive

The news. Following the final adoption of the omnibus directive in February, the European Commission launched a consultation in June aimed at guiding it in drafting guidelines on the application...

28 August 2026

Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying

Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...

9 September 2026

Canada: a sustainability due diligence proposal on forced labour submitted for consultation

The facts. On July 27, the Canadian government launched a consultation to introduce mandatory corporate due diligence measures regarding forced labor. It plans to require risk identification, the...

25 August 2026

Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code

In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...

31 August 2026

Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures

The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...

7 September 2026