Corporate Compliance Insights

Most forced labor compliance frameworks ask companies to publish statements and describe their policies. The EU's new forced labor regulation operates differently — it gives authorities the power to block imports and pull products from shelves if forced labor is found anywhere in the supply chain. Arnall Golden Gregory attorneys Allison Raley and Nikita Kulkarni explain why the regulation — which applies to any company whose products touch the EU market, regardless of size or sector — demands a level of supply chain visibility that many compliance programs don’t yet have.