On 12 December 2024, the Forced Labour Regulation (FLR) was published prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market. This is the definitive and legally binding version of the FLR. 

As detailed in an earlier client insight, the prohibition on products made with forced labour, as set out in the FLR

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) aims to foster sustainable and responsible corporate behavior in companies’ operations across their global value chains. This is to ensure adverse human rights and environmental impacts are scoped and addressed both inside and outside Europe. The harmonised legal framework in the EU seeks to create legal certainty and