In this panel, hosted by Team Norway in Singapore in collaboration with the commercial chambers in the region, we focus on the new Transparency Act, regulating responsible business conduct. Experts from the Ministry of Children and Families in Norway, the OECD National Contact Point Norway, the Norwegian Consumer Authority, DNB, and Simonsen Vogt Wiig will be sharing.
We host this special insights panel as a virtual event on the streaming platform Hopin. The main target group is the Norwegian companies in the region.
To register, please visit the Norwegian Business Association Singapore website here.
Learning
Through this panel, you will gain insight in:
Background
The Transparency Act adopted by the Norwegian Parliament will take effect from 1 July. The Act shall promote enterprises' transparency and work on fundamental human rights and decent working conditions.
The key objective of this event is to initialize a dialogue on what this Act will mean for the Norwegian business community in Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia and to provide guidance for responsible business conduct (ansvarlig næringsliv).
The Norwegian Parliament has mandated the Norwegian Consumer Authority to guide the Act. They are now in the establishment phase and have just hired ten employees. The Consumer Authority is currently cooperating on a common interpretation of the OECD guidelines. International developments will also be addressed, as the EU has also announced new transparency legislation in the last year, and the US has formulated seven principles for decent work.
To register, please visit the Norwegian Business Association Singapore website here.