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Companies face wider criminal exposure under senior manager attribution rules. Section 250 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has come into force, expanding corporate liability beyond economic crime and increasing governance pressure.
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Imperial Brands faces scrutiny over football-linked marketing before tighter regulation. A Rizla fashion collaboration has placed regulated-product adjacency, youth culture, and tournament marketing risk back in focus.
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Audit sanctions sharpen independence warnings for finance and governance leaders. The FRC has penalised King & King and Milankumar Patel over GFG Alliance audits, citing fee dependency, ethical breaches, and audit failures.
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Deforestation rules would bring procurement deeper into ESG compliance work. Defra plans to consult on mandatory due diligence for forest-risk commodities, requiring stronger supply-chain evidence, geolocation data, and sourcing controls.
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Supply chain rights are moving higher up Westminster’s agenda again. MPs have debated forced labour, transparency reporting, environmental harm, and calls for stronger due diligence rules across UK supply chains.
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Deforestation risk is becoming a financial governance problem. Global Canopy says most major financial institutions still lack policies covering key high-risk commodities, leaving portfolios exposed to nature, supply chain, regulatory, and reputational pressure.
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Clear Channel is linking outdoor advertising spend to community outcomes. The new Clear Channel Impact product ties media investment to nonprofit support, storytelling, and measurement.
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Sustainability reporting is entering a more commercial and practical phase. SBTi, CDP, Permira, and the FCA are reshaping how companies disclose climate and environmental data.
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CDP’s restructuring puts sustainability disclosure into sharper commercial focus today. The environmental data platform will split into a commercial business and charitable foundation.
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New net-zero rules will reshape corporate climate governance worldwide again. SBTi’s Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 puts implementation, transparency, and progress reporting at the centre of target-setting.