Compliance and Ethics in Italian Football: A Difficult Relationship

Codes of ethics and organisational management models are gradually making their way into Italian football—albeit with some difficulty, particularly among lower-division teams. Of the 110 active football clubs in Italy, 71 have published a code of ethics on their official channels—more than half. When it comes to compliance models, however, the picture is less positive: […]

Corporate intelligence and ESG risks: protecting and enhancing organisational value

This is where HinX comes in: a Corporate Intelligence company operating in the areas of governance, risk, and compliance. A mix of human and technological expertise, capable of supporting companies in facing uncertainty and mitigating risks, protecting reputation, and creating greater transparency within teams, processes, and systems. “Our areas of expertise include corporate investigations, commercial […]

Sustainable Investments. Taxonomy Regulation and SFDR Regulation

In her opening speech at the online conference organized on 25 January by the Institute for Law and Finance in Frankfurt on Green Banking and Green Central Banking, ECB President Christine Lagarde spoke about the harmful effects of climate change on the environment, the need to develop an orderly transition toward a zero-carbon economy in order […]

Impact of business activities on the environment and the negative repercussions on companies due to climate change

The European Green Deal. Directive 2014/95/EU: opportunities and obligations for European businesses. The €750 billion plan, not coincidentally named Next Generation EU by Brussels and approved by European leaders last July, sets among its main objectives that of steering the Union towards a sustainable economy—not only environmentally, but also economically and socially. Sustainability will be […]

New Global Sanctions Framework of the European Union on Human Rights Violations and Abuses

On 9 December 2019, during the Foreign Affairs Council, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy announced the launch of preparatory work aimed at establishing a European sanctions regime for human rights violations and abuses. On that occasion, the foreign ministers previewed the new European Action Plan for Human […]