Regulatory Compliance

With less than six months until the December 17th deadline, how are member states progressing with transposition into national law? Find out what obstacles remain and where to look for a leading example.

May is Internal Audit Awareness Month - a time to acknowledge the benefit internal auditors have amid the dramatic rise in cyber risks, data breaches, and high-profile incidents of corporate wrongdoing. Here’s to internal auditors, risk management’s critical third line of defense.

The EU has introduced new legislation to ensure that importers of certain materials originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas source them responsibly by laying down supply chain due diligence obligations.

In 2021, whistleblowers will come into their own in ways previously unseen. Learn how the EU Whistleblower Law will elevate the status of the whistleblower, increase the role organizations play in bringing unethical behavior to light, and drive standardization and professionalism.

Germany’s “Law to Strengthen Business Integrity” regulates the criminal liability of companies under German law for the first time. The role of compliance management systems will prove crucial. Learn what the law is, what it means for affected companies, and what actions they should be taking now.

A risk-based approach is not new: Identify the greatest risks to your organization and prioritize the related controls, policies, and procedures. This is familiar territory for risk managers, but it may not be for compliance professionals. So, what does this phrase really mean in practice and how can compliance officers conduct risk assessments to identify, quantify and respond to risk?

2020 is (almost) over. But before saying goodbye, we should heed its COVID-inspired lessons – or risk being haunted by the ghosts of past, present and future compliance failures!

Strong corporate compliance goes hand-in-glove with strong enterprise risk management. That’s the theory, anyway. Here’s how 2020 guidance published by COSO and the SCCE helps compliance and risk officers put that theory into practice.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the world conducts business - and as businesses adapt to the new normal, return-to-work planning is top of mind. Here are five steps to lay the groundwork and identify priorities, so you can plan a safe return to work with a risk-based approach.

This summer, one of the UK’s biggest online brands found its supply chain at the center of a high-profile modern slavery investigation. This and COVID-19 have companies taking a fresh look at their supply chains for compliance with human rights standards and other related risks.

Which laws and regulations apply to work-from-home employees who may be in different locations? Employment attorney Scott Nelson says not much has changed in 2020: It’s all just happening in a different place. 

New EU Whistleblowing rules will affect thousands of organisations from December 2021. Though national adoption is ongoing, there is no reason to delay compliance. Learn more about the Directive and the benefits of being compliant.