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Compliance teams will play a critical role in ensuring accurate and accountable ESG data reporting as ESG integration becomes increasingly important. Organisations will need to take a risk-based approach to mapping their supply chain, collaborate with suppliers, and engage in transparent risk-based due diligence that goes beyond self-assessment questionnaires.

Our experts discuss the implications of the campaign on Vietnam’s economy, and if investors should be concerned.

Officials from Iran and Saudi Arabia on 10 March signed an agreement to re-establish formal diplomatic relations within the next two months, restoring formal ties severed in 2016. The breakthrough follows nearly two years of tentative talks and will ease the ability of both states – which will remain rivals – to deconflict on geopolitical and security issues. While the restoration of formal relations is likely to facilitate follow-on accords, such as a peace deal in Yemen, it is highly unlikely to lead to a broader reduction in the geopolitical and security rivalry between the two.

In a global economy ripe with uncertainty, doing proper scenario planning and developing risk mitigation options for adverse events is critical for long-term business resilience.

Economic uncertainty and mass layoffs can expose organisations’ facilities, staff and data to insider risks. Find out how to protect your critical assets.

Bringing together defenders from both the physical and cyber domains can be the first crucial step in deterring and mitigating emerging threats to your organisation.

Bill S-211 "An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff."

"Common Prosperity” has been a major theme in official discourse in China in recent years, reflecting longstanding concerns that the government has had with numerous socioeconomic issues. Businesses will need to understand common prosperity not just to be compliant in China, but also to be successful – they must learn how to position themselves in a way that addresses common prosperity goals.

As data grows in complexity and volume, legal technology must innovate using advanced analytics, machine learning, and other tools to streamline data collection, processing, and review, reducing costs and enhancing accuracy.

The challenges of conducting investigations in the age of disinformation and the importance of experienced investigators and critical thinking in the face of an absence of meaningful information.