Close menu
- Home
- About CW
-
Topics
- Back to parent navigation item
- Topics
- Accounting & Auditing
- AI
- AML
- Anti-Bribery
- Boards & Shareholders
- Culture
- ESG/Social Responsibility
- Ethics & Culture
- Europe
- Financial Services
- Internal Controls
- Regulatory Enforcement
- Regulatory Policy
- Risk Management
- Sanctions
- Surveys & Benchmarking
- Supply Chain
- Third Party Risk
- Whistleblowers
- Opinion
- Events
- Research
- Awards
-
CW Connect
- Back to parent navigation item
- CW Connect
- Sign In
- Apply
- Membership
ESG/Social Responsibility
- Terms and Conditions
- Privacy Policy
- Do Not Sell My Info
- © 2025 Compliance Week
Site powered by Webvision Cloud
COSO withdraws draft corporate governance framework due to “shifting” regulations
2025-07-18T13:59:00+01:00By Aaron Nicodemus
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has withdrawn its draft corporate governance framework that it released in May, after “extensive feedback” and provisions in the recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill” caused its authors to reconsider it.
Communication and relationships is increasingly critical for compliance teams
2025-06-04T20:56:00+01:00By Ian Sherr
Compliance is increasingly in the spotlight as companies are tackling everything from artificial intelligence and other new technologies to risk management and mitigation. But it’s soft skills of communication and relationship building that are becoming the most critical tools for success.
ESG goes beyond politics: Vendor management, forced labor, sustainability
2025-06-03T19:45:00+01:00By Ian Sherr
ESG is no longer in vogue. But its issues still are.
In a world filled with uncertainty, boards need to focus on connecting dots
2025-06-03T17:37:00+01:00By Ian Sherr
Regulators and investors increasingly say boards of directors need more expertise to ensure they can respond to fast-changing politics, policy, and technology that threaten to undermine their businesses. In the U.K., government officials say boards need to think more about cyber. In the EU, they need to prepare for the ...
DOJ says BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street pressed ESG goals to lower U.S. coal output
2025-05-23T18:33:00+01:00By Aaron Nicodemus
The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have bolstered a conservative legal effort to dismantle environmental, social, and governance-based investment strategies from three large asset managers by claiming they illegally conspired to artificially raise energy prices.
Not satisfied with gutting federal laws, Trump turns towards states
2025-05-06T11:30:00+01:00By Aaron Nicodemus
In support of President Donald Trump’s deregulation agenda, U.S. Department of Justice sued four states in its ongoing attempt to derail state efforts to force energy companies to pay for damage they caused to the environment.
Trump attempts to block state climate laws with executive order
2025-04-10T18:00:00+01:00By Aaron Nicodemus
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order slamming state-led efforts to address climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related laws.
States require companies to report greenhouse gas emissions as federal regulators step back
2025-04-09T20:52:00+01:00By Aaron Nicodemus
Some companies doing business in California and New York may soon be required to report the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of their operations to state authorities, even as the federal rule for disclosing such emissions is on life support.
Republican-led SEC abandons climate rule; Dem commissioner calls move ‘unlawful’
2025-03-28T18:45:00+00:00By Aaron Nicodemus
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Republican leadership is abandoning the climate-related disclosure rule package passed last year by Democrats, hoping that the courts will kill regulations already on life support.
SEC postpones compliance date for amendments to investment company names rule
2025-03-17T19:10:00+00:00By Adrianne Appel
Investment companies will have six additional months to comply with an update to the Securities and Exchange Commission rule aimed at making investment fund names more accurate.
EU drives ‘omnibus’ of simplifications through landmark sustainability reporting directives
2025-03-13T21:25:00+00:00By Ruth Prickett
The European Commission has adopted proposals for radical simplifications to the EU’s trailblazing environmental regulations. The commissioners argue that this is a pragmatic response to changing global economics and indicates that they have listened to the concerns of smaller businesses that are struggling to comply with onerous and conflicting rules.
Why are CFOs struggling to stay compliant?
2025-03-11T14:37:00+00:00By Markus Hornburg, CW guest columnist
CFOs are tasked with overseeing an organization’s entire financial processes, not least ensuring that financial operations remain compliant with the multitude of global regulations. It’s a heavy burden to carry that might be alleviated slightly with the help of artificial intelligence, writes Markus Hornburg, head of compliance at Basware.
Shareholders back Apple sticking to DEI goals as Trump blasts move
2025-03-04T16:22:00+00:00By Aly McDevitt
Tech giant Apple solidified its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion at its annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, with 97 percent of shareholders rejecting an anti-DEI proposal, according to a public filing.
DEI programs are under attack. Compliance should help plan what comes next
2025-02-18T19:25:00+00:00By Aaron Nicodemus
U.S. President Donald Trump has proven himself to be a chaos agent in the opening weeks of his second term, firing federal workers, shuttering agencies, and issuing executive orders that attempt to upend policies and laws he doesn’t like.
U.K. Employment Rights Bill promises to thwart forced labor through new consolidated regulator
2025-02-14T19:17:00+00:00By Neil Hodge
For the past decade, the United Kingdom has tried to make companies more directly accountable for forced labor in their supply chains. But lawyers warn that the government’s latest plans to beef up protections against worker violations risk being heavily watered down and poorly policed by regulators.
Apple bucks trend in Big Tech, defies anti-DEI headwinds
2025-02-13T15:11:00+00:00By Aly McDevitt
Apple, one of the most valuable tech giants on the planet, is pushing back against pressure to stop diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, saying that “a culture of belonging” remains a core value of the organization.
SEC enforcement priorities under Trump: Fewer disclosures, less ESG-focused, more crypto
2024-11-25T18:30:00+00:00By Aaron Nicodemus
Change is likely coming to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement priorities with the pending handover of the White House to Republican President-elect Donald Trump. Adjust your compliance priorities accordingly.
EU Deforestation Directive delayed, experts advise compliance managers to not rest on laurels
2024-11-14T15:50:00+00:00By Ruth Prickett
If your business uses leather, rubber, wood, beef, palm oil, soy, or paper, then you may need to comply with the EU Deforestation Directive, a new rule intended to ensure that no goods traded in the EU contribute to global deforestation.
SEC orders Invesco to pay $17.5M over misleading investors about ESG assets
2024-11-11T15:42:00+00:00By Adrianne Appel
Invesco Advisors agreed to pay $17.5 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle allegations that the company misled investors about the extent of its assets that included environmental, social, and governance factors.
EU businesses will soon have to report on supply chains and sustainability. Not all are ready
2024-10-25T15:38:00+01:00By Ruth Prickett
Supply chains are about to become the next big thing in sustainability compliance. However, many organizations still lack the data and assurance capabilities to track sustainability and human rights activities across their extended supply chains – which is required by the EU’s CS3D. Many others that fall out of scope ...
WisdomTree pays $4M SEC fine for including fossil fuel, tobacco securities in ESG funds
2024-10-22T16:08:00+01:00By Aaron Nicodemus
Fund management company WisdomTree will pay $4 million to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it improperly invested in fossil fuel and tobacco companies in environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds despite promising to avoid them.
What’s your risk appetite? EU firms grapple with ‘ridiculously complex’ ESG reporting rules
2024-10-14T18:26:00+01:00By Aaron Nicodemus
Discussions on the increasingly complex ESG rules in the EU were the crux of some conversations at Compliance Week Europe, a two-day conference in Amsterdam Oct. 15-16. The event brought together Compliance Week and its sister organization, the International Compliance Association, and more than 200 GRC professionals across industries.
AI and government: How Trump or Harris presidency will differ on policy, regulation
2024-09-25T13:21:00+01:00By Jeff Dale
AI may be one of the hottest things in the business world but former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris haven’t devoted much time to discussing the technology. Still, each candidate has offered a few clues as to how they would govern over this next wave of innovation.
‘Biblically responsible’ investment adviser ordered to pay $300K over misleading investors
2024-09-20T15:38:00+01:00By Jeff Dale
A “biblically responsible” investment adviser agreed to pay $300,000 and hire an independent compliance consultant to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it misled investors, along with other compliance failures.
Budweiser Budvar registration failures show ESG impacts of U.K. noncompliance
2024-09-16T18:14:00+01:00By Ruth Prickett
Most businesses think more about their products than what they come wrapped in, but a recent U.K. penalty against Czech brewery Budweiser Budvar indicates packaging is an increasingly important element in sustainability regulations.
FCA delays compliance date for certain parts of ESG rule package
2024-09-10T19:11:00+01:00By Adrianne Appel
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority is pushing back the date for some firms to comply with its naming and marketing rule amid struggles to prepare for it, the FCA said Monday.
Ian Sherr joins Compliance Week as its new editor-in-chief
2024-09-03T13:47:00+01:00By Ian Sherr
New Compliance Week Editor-In-Chief Ian Sherr shares his thoughts on where compliance is headed as businesses meet the realities of not just following the rules, but staying ahead of the pace of regulatory change at a global scale.
Q&A: APCC chair on culture challenges facing financial services firms
2024-08-21T15:29:00+01:00By Ruth Prickett
Julie Ampadu, chair of the U.K.’s Association of Professional Compliance Consultants, spoke to Compliance Week about why culture is the biggest issue facing financial services firms.
All hands on deck needed to get ESG disclosures right, report finds
2024-08-19T13:29:00+01:00By Aaron Nicodemus
Multiple emerging environmental, social, and governance and disclosure standards pose legal and operational risks to many companies, but also opportunities to improve reporting and get ahead of requirements, a new report found.