Digital Operational Resilience Act – What the Finance and ICT sector need to know

The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) was first proposed in 2020 seeking to harmonise ICT risk management practices across the EU’s financial sector by prescribing a unified approach to internal and third-party ICT risk management. With the implementation deadline fast approaching, there is work to be done, and in-scope institutions must ensure they have the necessary frameworks in place to adhere to the new ...

German Supply Chain Act: Driving ethical practices in the supply chain

In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council published its Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights[1], requiring companies to protect, respect and remedy adverse human rights impacts to which they directly contribute. A number of European countries, such as France and the United Kingdom, subsequently developed domestic compliance standards for firms with international supply chains. Most recently, the German Federal Parliament and the German ...

SAI360 Expands ESG Software and Learning Solutions with 2023 Release One

Latest release reflects SAI360’s commitment to help companies operationalize ESG initiatives As pressure mounts for organizations to establish and meet tangible Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) milestones, SAI360’s newest market release demonstrates the critical role digital technology is playing. “Today we are launching a new suite of software and learning tools, further expanding our capabilities to help companies implement, operationalize and report on ESG initiatives,” shares ...

New Zealand Employers Lead the Charge to Reduce Impact of Climate Change

New Zealand’s first Emissions Reduction Program will put employers operating out of New Zealand at the forefront of reducing the impact of climate change. The aim of the program is to contribute to global efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels. Additional global warming can cause irreversible impacts to the environment including more extreme weather conditions that can severely affect agriculture and ...

Updates to Model WHS Laws in Australia

Australian employers must take the lead in managing employees’ mental health. With the recent updates to the Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws from Safe Work Australia, employers have a responsibility to protect their workers from any psychological risks and hazards. Safe Work Australia Chief Executive Officer Michelle Baxter said that “under work health and safety laws, [any Persons Conducting a Business Undertaking] (PCBUs) ...

Cybersecurity Awareness: Data Privacy and Protection

As we recognize Information Security month this October, we should also acknowledge that the grandfather of all Data Privacy and Protection laws, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is now over six years old itself. If you're like me, just a mention of the GDPR still puts your head on a swivel, wondering where your servers' backup servers are, who will be your organization’s data ...

By |2025-04-28T02:08:10+00:00October 12th, 2022|Ethics & Compliance Learning, IT Risk & Cybersecurity, SAI360|

Your Introduction to FCA Business Resilience

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) defines resilience as “the ability of firms, financial market infrastructures and the financial sector as a whole to prevent, adapt and respond to, and recover and learn from operational disruption”. Ensuring the business resilience of the financial sector is crucial for consumers, firms and the broader financial markets. Significant business disruptions and the unavailability of important business services have the potential to cause ...

SAI360 and Colgate-Palmolive Brandon Hall Excellence Awards

SAI360, in partnership with Colgate-Palmolive, recently won three 2022 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards for their creation of outstanding learning and development trainings. SAI360 has more than 20 years of experience partnering with organizations to deliver award-winning ethics and compliance programs. The following programs developed by SAI360 and Colgate-Palmolive were recognized: “Annual Ethical Leadership Training Program” Gold Award for Best Advance in Compliance Training “Global Anti-Bribery: ...

By |2025-05-09T16:26:02+00:00September 27th, 2022|Ethics & Compliance Learning|

National Compliance Officer Day, September 26

The contributions of a Compliance Officer and their team often go unnoticed, despite the fact that their roles have expanded exponentially over the last decade. As new regulations arrive with greater frequency and major ethical and cultural issues challenge organizations worldwide, Compliance Officers work hard to keep us on the right side of the law. Here at SAI360, we’re proud to have recognized the important ...

By |2025-04-28T02:06:20+00:00September 20th, 2022|Ethics & Compliance Learning, SAI360|