4 Ways to Streamline & Tailor Due Diligence Checks to Your Organization's Specific Concerns
Risk is weighing heavy on the minds of CEOs this year, according to the PWC annual global survey of business leaders. While PWC anticipates that "Digitization, an important lifeline for businesses during the pandemic, will probably be the engine for a return to...
The ESG Risk Series: Why ESG Risk Should be Top of Your Due Diligence Agenda
Regulators increasingly require corporates and financial services firms to incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks into their due diligence and reputational risk management processes. ESG also brings opportunity: asset managers and investment...
Identify the Risks to Your ESG Score—Quickly and Visually with Custom Risk Scorecards
Investors and consumers are increasingly looking to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors to determine which companies they support. While this illustrates a positive societal shift, with corporate entities and individuals alike calling on businesses...
Timely Data Helps Refresh Due Diligence and Identify Risks as Sanctions Escalate
The sanctions landscape has undergone a swift change since February 21 st . as world leaders acted with unprecedented speed and resolve to the invasion of Ukraine. As the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) noted recently, the invasion “… galvanized...
Last Year's Sanction Enforcements Prove Supply Chain Visibility Crucial to Compliance
A decade ago, sanctions compliance appeared focused on banks and other regulated financial services. In recent years, however, that spotlight has become a floodlight across many industries. Why? Globalization and digitalization are two factors that have enabled...
Three Supply Chain Trends to Watch in 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic brought a lot of things to light – one of which was the fragility and complexity of our global supply chains. As our business change and evolve to fit the new normal, it’s time to look ahead at what you can expect for your supply chain in...
What Dots Can You Connect with LexisNexis?
How can you feel confident in your operations without full visibility into your supply chain? More than 90% of supply chain executives say this is important , but less than a third of them have achieved true visibility. With the right technology, you can connect...
6 Actions to Support Sustainable Development Goals (and the Advantages of Doing So)
The United Nations formally adopted what it calls its “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” in 2015. The UN invited corporations and companies of all sizes to join its member states in a collaborative effort based on, in its own words, “a shared blueprint for...
Import Bans May Get More Muscle to Help End Forced Labor
Sometimes, the threat of financial consequences is enough to spur organizations to action. For example, in 2020, the threat of restricted access to the U.S. market spurred a company to make changes to address potential forced labor risk within its supply chain...
Sanctions: What are they and why should you care?
Today’s headlines are full of news about current and evolving sanctions – but what are they and how could they affect your organization? What is a sanction? A sanction is a political or economic measure often implemented by governments and international bodies...
How to Better Manage Risk with Proper Due Diligence
How to Better Manage Risk with Proper Due Diligence There will always be some kind of risk to your business on the horizon. That much is certain. But what about the risk that’s right under your nose that you can’t even see? Not to sound so alarmist, but the reality...
How to Tackle the Recent Rise of Supply Chain Instability
Supply stain stability is, well, in short supply. From an economic perspective, COVID-19 might serve as a temporary setback (though only time will tell), but the pandemic has exposed just how easily the supply chain can be disrupted in the wake of certain events...
Top 3 Benefits of Combining Your Due Diligence and Risk Monitoring
To fend off financial and reputational risk, you must stay vigilant on multiple fronts – be it in the HR office when deciding whom to hire or at any point in your supply chain when choosing your vendors. In other words, the risks to your company have not only multiplied...