Canada Bill S211 proposes ESG reporting obligation

Canadian supply chain transparency legislation: new risk for ...

The need for Canadian businesses to develop compliance measures on the import prohibition under the Customs Tariff, the new reporting ...

Mandatory ESG Supply Chain Reporting: 5 FAQs - McInnes Cooper

The Act imposes annual reporting obligations on certain entities (which could include both Canadian and non-Canadian owned or controlled entities).

Canada enacts legislation to fight modern slavery in supply chains

Bill S-211, an Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour ... Content of reports and delivery obligations. The Act requires that on ...

New bill fails to address human rights abuses in supply chains

If passed, Bill S-211 will require large Canadian corporations and ... requirements, despite evidence that suggests laws that focus ...

Bill S-211: BLG can assist importers and other businesses

The new reporting requirements are not being proposed by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), so they may not be top of mind for ...

Fighting modern slavery and corruption in supply chains

Bill S-211's reporting requirements are largely the same for both government institutions and private entities. ... All Reports must be publicly ...

Understanding Canada's New Forced-Labour Law

As noted above, Bill S-211 has been characterized as mere “reporting” or “transparency” legislation, as opposed to more onerous “due diligence” legislation.

Is your business ready? The Fighting Against Forced Labour and ...

The Act and the other amendments in Bill S-211 will come into force on January 1, 2024, and will implement reporting requirements related to ...

Canada to Introduce Mandatory Climate Disclosure Requirements ...

The Government of Canada announced the first expansion of its requirements for climate-related financial disclosures to include private companies.

S-211 (44-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada

An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff

ESG trends to watch in 2023: ESG liability for Canadian companies ...

National Instrument 51-107 develops mandatory ESG disclosure for federally regulated financial institutions aligned with the Task Force on ...

A Sting in the Tail - ESG Investor

March 2024 sees the publication of the CSSB's proposed Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS) 1 and 2. According to the CSSB, these ...

Bill S-211: Canada revives its fight against modern slavery

The Bill's reporting requirements are largely the same for both government institutions and entities. ... All reports must be publicly available ...

Canada to Implement New Modern Slavery Reporting Requirements ...

The bill calling for the adoption of the Act, S-211 ... Canadian MHRDD legislation was proposed in 2022, although that bill has not progressed.

Sustainability reporting: Answers to member FAQs - CPABC

For companies situated in Canada, there is currently no mandatory requirement to comply with the ISSB standards. However, the government of ...

Parliament passed Bill S-211: Are you ready to meet the new ... - MNP

Canadian businesses are encouraged to review the criteria outlined in the Act to determine if they will be required to provide this mandatory reporting, explore ...

Bill S-211 poised to catch construction with its guard down

Mandatory child labour and anti-slavery reporting requirements are coming to Canadian companies with Bill S-211 , ready or not ... ESG policies.

Canada Increases Efforts to Eliminate Forced and Child Labor | BDO

On May 3, 2023, the Canadian Parliament passed a bill (Bill S-211) focused on environmental, social and government (ESG) policy, ...

Much-Anticipated Guidance Released on Canada's Forced Labour ...

As described in our May 2023 Blog, an organization will have reporting obligations if (1) it meets the definition of an "entity" set out in ...

Guide to North American and International ESG and Climate ...

for creating a Canadian taxonomy that is incorporated into climate disclosure requirements in. Canada ... Canadian ESG disclosure is the 2023 passage of Bill S- ...