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Modern slavery and human trafficking reporting: Maritime supply chain risks
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), an estimated 50 million people globally were living in modern slavery on any given day in 2021.
The concept of environmental, social and governance issues is gaining importance, especially in deals. The buzzword of late, ESG's growing trend is largely due to heightened regulatory focus on disclosure and enforcement by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
In the growing regulatory framework, acquirers, targets and investors should properly account for ESG in mergers and acquisitions. A company's ESG profile is typically represented by a score that is calculated from data surrounding specific metrics related to intangible assets.
ESG can be considered a corporate social credit score that is gaining more and more attention by investors — individual and institutional.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC recently conducted a survey that found over 90% of millennial investors were interested in sustainable investing. As millennials begin to comprise a larger segment of the total pool of investors, we can expect the importance of ESG investing to grow in tandem.
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According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), an estimated 50 million people globally were living in modern slavery on any given day in 2021.
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Cross-border acquisitions and investments increasingly trigger foreign direct investment (FDI) screening requirements.
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The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Regulation, commonly referred to as the AI Act, is expected to come into force during the summer of 2024 (the AI Act). The AI Act will be the first comprehensive legal framework for the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI), and is intended to ensure that AI systems developed and used in the EU are safe, transparent, traceable, non-discriminatory and environmentally friendly.
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