Northern Ireland turns up heat on modern slavery transparency
Northern Ireland Justice Minister Naomi Long has launched two consultation documents on measures to eradicate modern slavery from the supply chains of public- and commercial-sector organizations.
SolarWinds hack turning into Pandora’s box of cyber-risk
The more we learn about the SolarWinds hack, the more troubled compliance officers should be by the scope and breadth of the risks their companies might have incurred.
Learning from SolarWinds: Five steps to fortify your cloud supply chain
For most companies, supply chain risk management traditionally focuses on managing physical third-party risks. But what the SolarWinds cyber-attack revealed is the catastrophic havoc fourth and fifth parties can also wreak in the often-ignored cloud supply chain.
Assessing 2020: Lessons learned for the financial crime landscape
This year has been one most of us would like to forget. As we look toward 2021, nevertheless, it is worth considering lessons learned over the last 12 months and (where possible) drawing on any positives that have come to light regarding the financial crime landscape.
Compliance called out in Walmart opioid lawsuit
The Department of Justice alleged many failures by Walmart’s compliance program in its 160-page lawsuit accusing the retailer of playing an active role in fueling the opioid epidemic.
Brockmeyer at TPRM: Regulator expectations for monitoring third parties
Former chief of the SEC’s FCPA Unit Kara Brockmeyer shared what regulators are looking for when they assess a company’s relationship with its third parties at Compliance Week’s TPRM Virtual Summit on Thursday.
CPE Webcast: Expert content + third-party risk = enhanced vendor due diligence
Maintaining the status quo with your vendor risk management program is no longer acceptable in today’s ever-changing marketplace as supply chains can drastically change overnight.
Mondelēz International latest to enhance tracing of palm oil sourcing
Mondelēz International has become among the latest consumer goods companies to tighten its sourcing requirements for palm oil, improving its traceability of suppliers. But recent analysis also finds the industry has a long way to go in its progress.
Best practices KYC: What to do when your client is in the headlines
How do we, as AML professionals, assess negative media alerts? It should start with a conversation with the client relationship manager, but it shouldn’t end there, writes Martin Woods.
CPE Webcast: Future-proof your global supply chain with data & analytics
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly changed the landscape of global risk, and many organizations are quickly adapting their third-party risk management processes as a result.
CPE Webcast: Minimize exposure to supply chain regulatory and privacy risks
Join Kroll for an opportunity to learn how you can help your organization better minimize risks in the post-COVID-19 world.
Nailed It or Failed It? Disney sends anti-hate message to Facebook
In this week’s “Nailed It or Failed It?”, Disney gets kudos for throwing its weight behind the #StopHateForProfit protest, while PG&E earns criticism after being found responsible for yet another California wildfire.
CPE Webcast: Rethinking third-party due diligence to minimize supply chain risk
Businesses are rethinking their strategies to maintain operations, minimize supply chain disruption, and manage heightened exposure to financial, legal, regulatory, or reputational risks.
Boohoo complaints put spotlight on supply chains and working practices
Recent reports of underpaid workers at suppliers for U.K. fashion retailers Boohoo and Quiz shed light on inherent weaknesses in companies’ monitoring of their supply chains.
Nothing more important than knowing your risk exposure
In performing due diligence on your supply chain partners, do not be intimidated into accepting no for an answer. Being blind to potential risks is bound to get you into trouble, writes financial crime expert Martin Woods.
When manufacturing new product lines, be aware of new compliance risks
As companies around the world begin to manufacture products outside their comfort zone to address dire shortages in personal protective equipment amid the pandemic, compliance practitioners are negotiating new risks and challenges.
Imagining a utopian food supply chain
If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we need a more resilient food supply chain. Jaclyn Jaeger explains what that could look like and how the public and private sector could play their parts.
Sanctions guidance: Best practices for maritime, energy, metals sectors
A global advisory to alert the maritime, energy, and metals sectors about common deceptive shipping practices used to evade sanctions includes seven sanctions compliance best practices to mitigate risk.
Coronavirus has made CW2020 a (virtual) gathering like no other
The coronavirus pandemic has made getting together for our annual National Conference impossible, but it’s also made this virtual gathering (Monday and Tuesday) perhaps the most important one we’ve ever had.
Driving innovation in supply-chain practices post-pandemic
A number of forward-thinking companies are using the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to drive promising innovations in their global supply chains.
How some companies are hedging supply chain risk during pandemic
As financial hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic take their toll, some forward-thinking companies have made changes to the benefit of suppliers, serving as leaders for others in their industry.
The seven worst compliance fails of the coronavirus pandemic
Compliance and ethics fails during the coronavirus pandemic have done more than hurt companies’ images. They’ve cost lives.
CPE Webcast: 2020 Anti-bribery and corruption emerging trends
Compliance professionals are all too aware that the third parties they depend on to achieve success pose a significant threat to their organizations for bribery, fraud, and corruption.
M&A due diligence landscape forever altered by coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has affected both the risk landscape and the diligence protocols for merger and acquisition transactions at every stage of the game. But while deal terms may be negotiable, what should be non-negotiable is the compliance function’s role in M&A transactions.
Third parties & coronavirus: Advice for traversing web of interconnected risks
The coronavirus pandemic has created a sea of red flags in every company’s supply chain. When each alert indicates a possible disruption, which ones do you act on?
Preparing for post-pandemic turbulence, Boeing combines legal, compliance
Boeing announced several leadership and organizational changes, to take effect May 1, as the airline industry braces for post-pandemic turbulence.
CPE Webcast: COVID-19: Responding to cascading risk
Pandemics represent a unique disaster risk scenario as a result of “cascading risk,” which poses an immense challenge to risk leaders due to progressive failures that will result in the deterioration of the health of third parties and supply chains.
CPE Webcast: Supply chain risk in a post-virus world
As the COVID-19 coronavirus brings convulsive exposure to supply chain risks to the surface, many companies will be unable to see how the companies that their first-tier suppliers depend on are affected.
New index shows sharp decline in manufacturing imports from China
Compliance officers will want to check out a new index revealing a sharp decline in manufacturing imports from China and other dramatic shifts in the supply-chain risk landscape, a trend that will only continue due to the coronavirus.
8 compliance challenges facing European companies in coronavirus crisis
Due diligence, data, solvency, and supply chain management risks are just some of the issues Europe’s employers are struggling with as normal business has come to a standstill during the coronavirus pandemic.
Oil and natural gas industry seeks compliance break amid pandemic
The American Petroleum Institute in a letter to President Trump requested that the administration temporarily waive non-essential compliance obligations and provide timely guidance to critical infrastructure personnel amid the coronavirus pandemic.
PwC survey: Finance leaders worried about global recession
The potential for the coronavirus outbreak to lead to a global recession topped the list of concerns among finance leaders based in the United States and Mexico, according to a new survey released by PwC.
Advice for European compliance officers dealing with coronavirus
Although the coronavirus situation is constantly changing, lawyers say there are several areas of corporate life that are going to test compliance officers and which management will need greater assurance on.
‘Force majeure’ in spotlight with coronavirus; what’s next?
The coronavirus pandemic has elevated “force majeure”—a rarely-used, relatively obscure contract provision—to a top-of-mind issue for companies scrambling to figure out where gaps are forming in their supply chain.
Coronavirus: Tips for risk management
As the coronavirus worldwide pandemic spreads, the ramifications for any business has gone from temporary disruption to a serious impediment. Here are 10 steps your company can take to mitigate its risks.
Compliance best practices for ever-evolving Iran sanctions
A new executive order issued in January places additional sanctions on a much broader portion of Iran’s economy and, from a compliance and risk management standpoint, puts a broader range of companies in the crosshairs of U.S. enforcement.
Coronavirus’ negative effect on global shipping could last weeks, or months
Companies wondering how to handle risks the worldwide coronavirus outbreak will have on global supply chains should look for clues to the Great Recession of 2008-09, the last time so much capacity stood idle.