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Blog
Jared Connors
Responsible Minerals Initiative Releases CRT 2.2

The Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) released the Cobalt Reporting Tem ...

2 min read
Conflict Minerals, ESG, Responsible Minerals
Blog
Travis Miller
2020 Regulatory Year in Review

Even focusing exclusively on the regulatory world, 2020 was filled with hig ...

5 min read
ESG, Product Compliance, REACH, Supply Chain Sustainability
Blog
Tristan Worden
Human Rights Due Diligence Requirements for Companies

On November 29, 2020, the people of Switzerland participated in a referendu ...

4 min read
ESG, Human Trafficking & Slavery, Labour Standards Assurance System, Supply Chain Sustainability
Overhead view of a palm tree forest
Blog
Sarah Carpenter
Global Forced Labor: U.S. Government Continues Record-Setting Enforcement

Since the Tariff Act of 1930 came into force, the U.S. has prohibited the i ...

9 min read
ESG, Human Trafficking & Slavery, Labour Standards Assurance System
Blog
Sarah Carpenter
U.S. Government Moves Closer to Blocking All Goods From China’s Xinjiang Province

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 4063 in favor of the Uyghur Forced ...

5 min read
ESG, Human Trafficking & Slavery, Labour Standards Assurance System
Textile production workers in a factory
Blog
Dr. Abiola Okpechi
New Measures Strengthening UK Modern Slavery Act Announced

At the end of September, 2020, the UK government announced it will introduc ...

3 min read
ESG, Human Trafficking & Slavery, Supply Chain Sustainability
Blog
Jared Connors
CMRT 6.0 & 6.01 Support New EU Conflict Minerals Requirements

Back in May, the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) released versions 6. ...

3 min read
Conflict Minerals, ESG, Responsible Minerals
Blog
Understanding Enhanced Due Diligence & When to Use It

The vast majority of the relationships necessary to do business in the mode ...

8 min read
ESG, Supply Chain Sustainability
Blog
Tristan Worden
Meet the 2020 Top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Leaders

The 2020 Top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Leaders list was ...

3 min read
ESG, Supply Chain Sustainability
Blog
Jared Connors
Demand for Gold Is Raising Its Price & the Associated Risks

Nearly six months into the COVID-19 pandemic and the world still has more q ...

4 min read
Conflict Minerals, ESG, Responsible Minerals
Newsroom
James Calder
Celebrating 10 Years of Assent: Evolving to Meet the Changing Regulatory Landscape

A little over ten years ago, Assent’s founders sought to revolutionize ho ...

5 min read
Corporate, ESG, Supply Chain Sustainability
Blog
Jared Connors
Third-Party Due Diligence

Complex products are made from parts and materials taken from many sources, ...

3 min read
Corporate, ESG, Human Trafficking & Slavery
Close-up shot of smelting metals
Blog
Jared Connors
Artisanal & Small-Scale Mining: Insight From a Decade Abroad

As I stood in the upstairs office of a tin refinery, I could see the mine j ...

4 min read
Conflict Minerals, ESG, Responsible Minerals
Close-up shot of clothes hangers in a retail environment
Blog
Sarah Carpenter
Human Trafficking Found in Xinjiang Supply Chains

With the demand for supply chain transparency and ethical business practice ...

4 min read
ESG, Human Trafficking & Slavery, Supply Chain Sustainability
Close-up shot of a chunk of mineral
Blog
Jared Connors
What Are Conflict Minerals & How Can You Tell When They Are in Your Supply Chain?

The term “conflict minerals” refers to minerals extracted from conflict ...

6 min read
Conflict Minerals, ESG, Responsible Minerals, Supply Chain Sustainability
Blog
Dr. Abiola Okpechi
USMCA and Forced Labor: Requirements for Companies

After nearly two years of negotiation between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, ...

5 min read
ESG, Human Trafficking & Slavery, Labour Standards Assurance System, Trade Compliance, USMCA