This Practice Note contains guidance on assessing the risk of your organisation causing or contributing to an adverse human rights impact. Human rights due diligence and...
This Practice Note provides a high-level overview of the nature and importance of competition law and outlines the steps you can take to help identify and mitigate...
Why you need to manage this risk Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (and the UK national equivalent, Chapter II of the Competition Act...
Why you need to manage this risk Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (and its UK national equivalent—Chapter I of the Competition...
Defining corporate social responsibility Corporate social responsibility (CSR), also known as corporate responsibility or corporate citizenship is a business management...
This document contains guidance on subjects impacted by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. For further reading, see Practice Note: Development of sanctions regime in the UK...
This Practice Note explains the process of the designation of sanctions targets by the UN, EU and in the UK under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc Act 2010 (TAFA 2010)....
Scope of this timeline There are different sanctions regimes which affect UK businesses. Usually they are grouped into trade and financial sanctions: • trade sanctions...
The complex nature of watch list screening creates challenges and presents risks. This Practice Note summarises the challenges watch list screening can present and the...
BREXIT: As of exit day (31 January 2020), the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an...
General information Date of review[Insert date] Person(s) conducting review[Insert name(s)] Screening Considering your screening process: Is your screening process...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has provided some examples of good practice for sanctions systems and controls in Part 7 in its guide, FCG Financial Crime Guide: A...
Instructions on completing this form You must complete this form in full, attach any required documentation (as set out below), and pass it to [your sanctions...
1 Introduction This financial sanctions policy is designed to ensure we comply with applicable financial sanctions laws[ across every jurisdiction in which we operate]. 2...
This document contains guidance on subjects impacted by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. For further reading, see Practice Note: Development of sanctions regime in the UK...
1 Introduction 1.1 We have performed an organisation-wide assessment of the areas where we are most at risk of breaching financial sanctions. 1.2 Our review included...
1 General Date of review[Insert date] Person conducting this review[Insert name] 2 Risk assessment Looking at your risk assessment: Has the risk assessment been reviewed...
QuestionCorrect answer 1. Financial sanctions are restrictions on activity, but in relation to what?(d) All of the above 2. The UK law on financial sanctions is governed...
How to use this test These questions are designed to test your understanding following your attendance at our training on financial sanctions. After you have completed...
The UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights (UNGPs) require businesses to respect ‘internationally recognised human rights’. This Practice Note sets out a...
Country Regulatory bodySanction List(Links to sanctions lists are provided, where publicly available)Including MultinationalUnited NationsUnited NationsPersons and...
1 Introduction 1.1 Invitation to tender This is an invitation to tender to provide the Services in accordance with [insert organisation’s name]’s Requirements, as...
This Practice Note describes the position on licences and exemptions in financial sanctions in the UK during the implementation period. As of exit day (11 pm on 31...
UNDER REVIEW: The Sanctions and Anti-money Laundering Act 2018 received Royal Assent on 23 May 2018. It introduces a new framework for the implementation and enforcement...
International financial sanctions in the UK are largely implemented via the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc Act 2010 (TAFA 2010) together with various statutory instruments...
From [insert name], [insert job title] Financial sanctions are restrictive measures imposed on targeted countries, governments, entities, individuals and industries....