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PremiumCW2023: CBP official on early impact of Uyghur forced labor law
Customs agents have flagged thousands of products marked as made in Malaysia, Vietnam, or elsewhere in accordance with the UFLPA, an official from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shared during a panel at Compliance Week’s 2023 National Conference.
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Chapter 4: Customers’ cooperation key to Flex’s 2030 sustainability strategy
Reaching a meeting of the minds with customers is essential to Flex achieving its long-term goals. The company’s president of manufacturing and services discusses its investment in sustainability solutions and progress to be made in remanufacturing.
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Chapter 3: Criticality of preferred suppliers in supporting Flex’s sustainability efforts
Reducing Scope 3 emissions can’t be done without buy-in from critical suppliers. Flex’s VP of procurement and supply chain management discusses the company’s work two years into its stated sustainability commitments.
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Chapter 2: ‘All in the same family’: How Flex’s 100-plus facilities align on sustainability
The global sustainability team at Flex is “the connectors” across the enterprise, said program head Barjouth Aguilar. Company leaders share observations, strategies, and technologies driving their coordinated sustainability efforts.
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Chapter 1: New Flex CEO drives renewed focus on sustainability
The year Revathi Advaithi came on board as chief executive officer of Flex proved to be a hinge point for the global manufacturer’s sustainability strategy as it set science-based targets to hit by 2030.
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News Brief
Canada approves supply chain law for large companies
Large Canadian businesses must meet new supply chain rules starting in January that are designed to prevent products tainted by forced and child labor from entering the country.
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Strengthening your supply chain defenses: A cybersecurity survey
By participating in this survey, you’ll help us gain insight into the current state of supply chain cybersecurity and identify best practices for protecting your organization from cyber threats.
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News Brief
Lawmakers pressure SEC to examine Shein’s sourcing practices before IPO
Two dozen lawmakers have demanded the Securities and Exchange Commission require an independent third party to verify fast-fashion retailer Shein does not use Uyghur forced labor before allowing it to go public.
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Resource
e-Book: Best practices for navigating global supply chain laws
Despite legislation aimed at preventing labor and other human rights abuses in supply chains taking force in major countries including the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, and France, many companies are struggling to comply.
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News Brief
Seagate fined record $300M over export business with Huawei
Seagate will pay the largest stand-alone administrative penalty in the history of the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security for violating export control restrictions against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.
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Webcast
Webcast: Enhancing Xinjiang forced labor risk assessments
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act has been in full effect for almost a year now, but U.S. importers continue to face the daunting task of auditing their supply chains for nonobvious inputs mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in Xinjiang.
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Webcast
Webcast: Global supply chain impact on risk management
This webinar will explore the risk and opportunities as organizations rethink their supply chains and seek to build in greater transparency and resilience.
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Opinion
Book review: Why revamping procurement benefits business—and compliance
In “Profit from the Source,” four Boston Consulting Group thought leaders argue why procurement should be shaping corporate strategy, not just supporting it. Author Daniel Weise tells Compliance Week why such a transformation would elevate compliance, too.
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Ethical culture strengthened by 2022 challenges, survey finds
LRN’s annual ethics and compliance benchmarking report found most respondents—85 percent—said their company’s ethical culture has been strengthened, not weakened, in facing the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions, and more.
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Webcast
CPE Webcast: TPRM - ESG compliance and German Supply Chain Act
Increasing compliance requirements, including from the German Supply Chain Act, pending Securities and Exchange Commission guidelines, and European Union directives, require a programmatic approach to managing third-party and supply chain risk.
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Good faith not good enough in navigating global supply chain laws
Differences in the level of duty of vigilance among supply chain legislation in countries including the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany mean best efforts to root out and stop slave labor and other worker exploitation are not enough, according to experts.
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Webcast
Webcast: Prioritizing supply chain risk management in 2023: A look ahead
Looking ahead at 2023, it will be more important than ever for organizations to manage their supplier risk.
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Opinion
Ten things I’d like to see happen in 2023 (2022 in review)
Expect big developments for the compliance profession in 2022 to continue to take center stage in the year ahead, including CCO certifications, climate-related disclosures, and more.
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Webcast
CPE Webcast: 2023 predictions for finance and accounting
As organizations plan for continued supply chain disruptions, talent scarcity, and market uncertainty, accounting leaders are finding ways to innovate, automate, and scale to meet organizational demands.
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Article
Compliance budgets, staffing brace for impact of recession prep efforts
Respondents to our “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey whose businesses are anticipating an economic recession note smaller budgets and the delay of new initiatives among efforts already undertaken to cut costs.
