Adeel Haque
Baker McKenzie
Articles
EU Commission Publishes Draft Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
European Union - February 25 2022 On 23 February 2022, the EU Commission published its proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence obligations, which aims to…
Alexander Ehrle, Rachel MacLeod, Graham J. Stuart, Anahita Thoms
UK Government’s Plastic Packaging Tax to Take Effect 1 April 2022
United Kingdom - January 21 2022 Baker McKenzie’s Import and Trade Remedies Blog has published a new post on the United Kingdom’s Plastic Packaging Tax (“PPT”) that will take effect…
EU Publishes Draft Legislation to Address Imports of Commodities Linked to Deforestation and Forest Degradation
European Union - December 1 2021 On 17 November 2021 the EU published a draft Regulation seeking to introduce new due diligence requirements aimed at tackling deforestation and…
Rachel MacLeod, Roma McCool, Jennifer F. Revis, Graham J. Stuart
OFSI publishes Annual Review 2020-2021
United Kingdom - October 25 2021 On 14 October 2021, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI“) published its Annual Review, providing an overview of OFSI’s activities…
Proposed EU Forced Labour Import Ban
European Union, United Kingdom - October 6 2021 On 15 September, during the 2021 State of the Union Address, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the European Commission’s…
