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Business
integrity for
consumercompanies
Doing good business means
doing things the right way
Consumer companies around the world are incorporating
sustainability, business integrity, and brand purpose into
their business operations. This can include procuring ethicallysourced or organic products, ensuring fair pay and safe working
conditions, using environmentally-friendly materials, or
implementing diversity and inclusion initiatives. Brands also
are investing in local communities and cultures, encouraging
consumer recycling or engagement in the circular economy,
promoting responsible consumption, creating consumer safety
programs, and taking a stand on social, environmental,
and political issues.
Consumer sector stakeholders are increasingly focused on
business integrity and sustainability credentials. Investors mightview companies that are attentive to environmental, social, andgovernance issues as more attractive because they are achievingsocial or environmental goals, or as more competitive given
consumer expectations. Consumers are becoming more focusedon business integrity, which is increasingly important in the
success or failure of a product or business. Millennials, whowill continue to drive the purchasing power in the sector,
are particularly focused on this area, making it even more
important to businesses. In an increasingly competitivemarket, the winners are those who see this issue not as adownside risk but as an upside opportunity, helping todrive brand value and market penetration.

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Integrity Healthcheck App
The world in which we operate haschanged. To check if your businessis up to date, visit our Total Business
Integrity Healthcheck – a 5-minute“app” which could fundamentallyshift the way your business looks at
itself and its stakeholders.
The app provides a top-down analysis
required to align legal arrangements,
governance, and incentives withpurpose, goals, deliverables, andother performance metrics.

Regulations impacting
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This includes looking at:• Governance, board directors,
and representation• Share incentives andemployee bonuses•

T&Cs/Supply chain• Debt arrangements andcapital cost
• Compliance• M&A/DD

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For a more in depth look, our
Deep Dive Workshop can audit
how your legal infrastructure
shapes up to delivering value andbusiness integrity. We focus on
ensuring your whole business andlegal structures (and those of yourinvestments and supply chain)
underpin and complement yourbrand, business plan, and social
purpose, driving governance andfinancial incentives aligned tothat mission. Our cross-border,
multisector know-how can help
you find solutions to any
issues uncovered.

Strategic communications

Advertising claims and labelingwith respect to sustainability andbusiness integrity

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Increasingly, developed countries are adopting
national laws governing companies’ activities
or procurement practices beyond the legislating
countries’ borders. Such laws include the UK
and Australian Modern Slavery Acts and theCalifornia Transparency in Supply Chains
Act of 2010, all of which require disclosure ofmeasures taken by companies to prevent the useof child labor and coerced labor in their supply
chains. France’s Corporate Duty of Vigilance
Law requires companies to take measures to
identify human rights and environmental risks
in their supply chains and prevent violations.
The United States Trade Facilitation and Trade
Enforcement Act of 2015 goes further andbans the importation and allows the seizureof products produced using forced, convict,child, or indentured labor. The U.S. Food
Safety Modernization Act requires importers
to conduct risk-based diligence of foreign
suppliers. Many countries have country of origin
and labeling requirements, some of which areintended to allow consumers to make socially
responsible decisions about the products theypurchase. These laws continue to be enacted,
particularly in the U.S. and Europe, tightening
the restrictions on company conduct. In Europe
and in the U.S., local, state, and national
governments are considering and enacting
legislation on everything from single use plastic
to recycling to carbon emissions.

Regulations impacting
consumer companies
As consumer companies initiate sustainability andbusiness integrity programs, governments and agencies
across the globe are creating laws and regulations
related to these same issues. Domestically, most
governments have laws governing hours and wages,
worker safety, and child and coerced labor. Many
also have environmental laws and laws mandating
recycling. Increasingly, developing countries are
adopting and enforcing these laws.

The UK has been closely monitoring compliancewith the UK Modern Slavery Act. A group of
French NGOs already has filed a case under the
Corporate Duty of Care Law, and in late 2019
U.S. Customs and Border Protection blocked
the import of products suspected to have been
manufactured with forced labor from fivecountries. Whether it is in the form of actions
under the Alien Tort Claims Act in the U.S.,
parent company liability cases in England, or
court actions alleging complicity in international
crimes, consumer companies can face liability
arising out of unsafe manufacturing conditions
and forced labor.

International organizations, such as the International
Labour Organization, with its Convention 182 (Worst
Forms of Child Labour) and Convention 29 (Forced
Labour); the Organization of Economic Cooperation
and Development; and the United Nations, with its
Sustainable Development Goals, provide guidelines forinternational business. Given growing global concern
about climate change, there is a real possibility,
particularly if the national governments of thecountries with the largest economies fail to act, that
there will be an increased push for binding treaties.
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Voluntary initiatives add another layer to thepatchwork of global guidelines and laws andregulations. Examples include the Responsible
Sourcing Network’s Cotton Pledge Against
Forced Labor and the Transparency Pledge,
which is a uniform minimum standard that
requires each signatory to disclose information
about cotton and other materials the company
sources and to publish a list of all factories that
manufacture the company’s products. Consumer
companies are under increasing pressure tosign these pledges. For consumer companies,
the reputational risk of a disclosure or lax
compliance could be catastrophic. Consumers,
nongovernmental organizations, and regulators
are watching.

Given the foregoing and growing
consumer attention to these issues,
it is important for companies
to consider:• Sustainable sourcing and supply chain
diligence and management• Advertising claims and labeling withrespect to sustainability and businessintegrity• Employee health and safety
throughout supply chains• Social impacts• Strategic communications regarding
business integrity and brand purpose

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Sustainable sourcing
and supply chain diligenceand management
Responsible sourcing is about global reputationand staying ahead of the curve. Retailers, fashioncompanies, food and beverage manufacturers, andother consumer companies face increased scrutiny of
their sourcing and supply chains - from certificationand country of origin requirements to anti-bribery
and corruption issues. They also face environmental,
health, and safety issues and modern slavery andforced labor compliance. A misstep can have far
reaching reputational, regulatory, and financial
consequences. Structuring and documenting yoursupply chain arrangements can be complicated.

Sustainable sourcing
Sustainable sourcing has never been more important.
Consumer demands and regulations are putting
sustainable sourcing as a top priority for companies
across the globe. Adopting strategies and internal
controls to ensure ethical operations and incorporatinginternational standards for sustainable development as
part of resource development agreements are critical tothriving in the sector, but they are just the beginning.
Consumer companies must consider the wide arrayof environmental, health, safety, food and drug, andlabor laws that provide a framework for assessing
responsible sourcing matters and the scope andapplicability of these laws. It is critical that companies
approach supply chain management in a practical,
focused matter to identify and tackle difficult andsustainable sourcing challenges.

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Carbon reduction commitments

Supply chain management

Carbon reduction commitments are becoming
central to the business strategies of many
consumer companies as they recognize themeaningful contribution they can make to reduce
the threat of climate change. Such actions help
them stand out to customers, who increasingly
seek to engage with companies that are goodstewards of the environment. To succeed in the
sector, consumer companies should identify andhelp to execute strategies that will enable themto realize carbon reduction goals through theirenergy procurement practices, energy efficiency
measures, and carbon offsets.

Human rights and safety violations,environmental damage, and quality control issues
have highlighted how integral supply chains canbe to operating responsibly. Ensuring compliancecan be complicated, and the web of contractual
relationships that form a consumer company’s
supply chain can be opaque, making it difficult
to satisfy regulatory, policy, and operational
requirements.

This can include negotiating for carbon-free
power resources; exploring “green” investment
opportunities in established and emerging
markets; advising on purchases of renewableenergy credits (RECs) and industry standards for
RECs; engaging in carbon trades and purchasing
and selling carbon credits, zero emissions credits,
and white tags; and responsibly procuring andreporting their energy practices.

Careful attention to supply and logistics
agreements, including distribution,
manufacturing, and sales agreements, is key.
Companies can reduce risk by including language
in Purchase Orders and Commercial Invoices
requiring compliance with forced and slave labor
laws, brand guidelines, and company codesof conduct and by establishing and effectively
implementing internal compliance and control
programs related to social compliance. It is criticalcompanies get the right contracts and policies
in place, auditing suppliers or distributors at
every stage of the chain, and having appropriate
documentation and protocols in place to supportcompliance if audited and manage problems ifthings go wrong.

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Experience

Negotiatedarrangementswith Fairtrade andRainforest Alliancefor ethicallysourced cocoa.

Drafted commercial
documents for one of thelargest U.S. apparel retailers
to ensure compliance with
U.S. forced labor law and theCalifornia Transparency inSupply Chains Act.

Advised a high techcompany on e-waste
disposal and recycling
requirements andbest practices underenvironmental laws.

Advised a multinational retail
corporation
with reducing its
greenhouse gas
emissions throughenergy efficiency,
renewable energy
purchases, newtechnology
development, andcarbon trading.

Advised a global
manufacturer ofconfectionery, petfood, and other foodproducts on a 10-year
ESA to purchase green
electricity from Eneco– a strategic movetowards making its
global operations fully
carbon-neutral by 2040.

Assisted a global beveragecompany implement complex
strategies for the handling ofprocess wastewater throughirrigation of farmlandsin México.

Business integrity for consumer companies

Negotiatedan agreement
for the supplyof sustainably
sourced fish
for its pet
food business.

Represented
a U.S. foodingredientimporter whose
shipments wereprohibited foralleged use offorced laborby one of its
supplier farms.

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Advised multi-national
companies in theimplementationof water-use efficiency
strategies, including
recycling and reuse.

Helped companies conduct
risk assessment and supply
chain reviews under Supply
Chain Security programs, suchas C-TPAT, Canada Partners andProtection Program (PIP), andthe EU Authorized Economic
Operator (AEO) Program Review
of pre-shipment notification.

Assisted in the formation of an industry alliance offood companies and other consumer products
companies in the formation of a third-party
certification program that establishes independent
criteria based on organic food production,
additional farming practices that support a strong
eco-system, ethical treatment of farm workers, andother social justice/animal welfare criteria.

Advised food andbeverage companies in
the implementation of
restrictions and bans on
various types of plastics
like bags and straws..

Carried out an assessmentof a new product using
leather off-cuts withenvironmental
benefits.

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Green packaging
Driven by the continuous demand for more
eco-friendly packaging materials, especiallyfor food and beverage products, there is a
growing interest in banning certain single-use
plastics and using recycled packaging as part ofa company’s sustainable initiative. Businesses,
however, are well advised to pay close attention
to the regulatory issues on the horizon that arepresented by the use of recycled materials infood and beverage packaging.

Environmental claims

Advertising claims
and labeling withrespect to sustainability
and business integrity
The pressure to adopt sustainable and ethical practices
comes not just from governmental authorities, butalso from consumers. Millennial consumers are
particularly socially conscious and interested in theorigin, materials, ingredients, and impacts of the
products they buy. Demands are shifting, and socially
responsible products in all of their forms are becoming
critical to a consumer brand’s core offerings. To adapt
to this trend, legal departments must encourage theirbusiness clients to think ahead about what changes inmarketing and product descriptions might mean forthe company’s existing portfolio.

The ability to claim that products are green, ecofriendly, GMO-free, fair trade, animal friendly the list goes on — is important to generating sales
and the prices retailers can charge. Regulators
around the world have recognized the need toaddress deceptive claims. Food and beverage
products are particularly closely regulated, but
general prohibitions against unfair and deceptive
labeling practices open a wide range of products
up to challenge.
When implementing green and environmentallyfriendly labeling, consumer companies need to
be aware of compliance and reporting obligations
and consider the systems that will have to be put
in place to document each. Companies need toensure that disclosure is correct and supportableas both regulators and consumers alike havelegally challenged company disclosures.
It is important to closely track the requirementsfor positioning products as “organic,” “natural,”“non-GMO,” “sustainable,” “low carbon
footprint,” and other claims that are growing
in popularity and to distinguish between theseclaims and provide guidance on the requirementsthat apply to the various claims.

For example, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration exercises jurisdiction overfood packaging materials. FDA considers each
proposed use of recycled plastic on a case-by-casebasis and issues informal advice as to whether
or not the recycling process is expected to
produce plastic or paper suitable for food-contact
applications. While the FDA review process can betime and resource consuming, it is the state lawsthat pose the most challenges for the sustainable
packaging industry.
It is important that consumer companies
anticipate and comply with regulations at theinternational, national, state, and local levels anddevelop and implement strategies that reduce therisk of violations and support business growth.

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Experience
Represented a
coalition of foodindustry tradeassociations
and individualcompanies before
the U.S.Congress inshaping legislation
governing allergenlabeling.

Represented theGrocery Manufacturers
Association in achallenge to a Vermont
law requiring
manufacturers andretailers to label foods
produced in whole
or in part via genetic
engineering andprohibiting thedescription of said
foods as “natural.”

Advised andrepresented
an important
multinational
natural foodadditive company
in obtaining theapproval from
regulators for theuse and listing offood colorants as“natural.”

Advisedmultipleclients onlabel andadvertisingclaimsfor theirproducts
and ways tomitigate risks
with claims
such as“natural.”

Served as an expert witness inlitigation involving the marketing ofproducts containing geneticallymodified ingredients not
approved for use in food.

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Diversity and inclusion
Gender diversity and inclusivity has long been a
topic of contention in the workplace. Its reach,however, extends beyond issues merely related toan employee’s race and gender and is now mindfulof a person’s individuality, taking into account theirpersonal preferences and how they identify
in society.

Employee healthand safety throughout
supply chains

A number of organizations are making this acompany priority, showcasing diversity andacceptance of employees regardless of preferences.
These initiatives may include, among other things,
diversity, inclusion, and elimination of bias basedon, for example, race, ethnicity, national origin,gender, sexual orientation, gender identity,
religion, age, or disability.

Would you know if your business was involved in childlabor, a privacy violation, or another human rights
impact? What about a business partner or supplier? If
your business doesn’t respect human rights, you could
be open to devastating adverse publicity, as well as
hard legal liability.
The legal landscape is changing. Soft requirements,
such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals,
are crystalizing into hard law. Courts all around theworld are extending their jurisdiction to human rights
impacts that occur extraterritorially and throughout abusiness’s value chain.

Anti-bribery and corruption
In the wake of the global clampdown on bribery
and corruption, multinational businesses and their
executives face a number of threats – an assertive
government agency, a corrupt employee, or official.
The effects can be seen in Europe, the U.S., Latin
America, Africa, and Asia; in fact, wherever you
do business. With these changes come new risks:rising fines and sanctions, widening liability, andstronger enforcement regimes.
It is important that companies adequately
research their suppliers and distributors, ensurethat commercial agreements require compliancewith anti-bribery laws, establish and implement
anti-bribery training and compliance programs,
and adopt protocols to address and manage
compliance issues.

Health and safety at work
Corporate responsibility for employees is
considered important by various stakeholders,and occupational health and safety is regarded
as one of these responsibilities. Consumer
companies are looking to implement labor
practices that include safe work spaces with thehighest degree of physical, mental, and social
wellbeing of workers and the prevention of harmto health caused by working conditions.
Workplace safety issues often arise with
suppliers or joint venture partners in remotelocations where the brand company has limited
visibility, experience, and control. Whether or
not a global consumer company has control,a serious accident can lead to liability andsignificantly impact a brand. It is important tothoroughly research commercial partners, ensurethat commercial contracts contain appropriate
health and safety compliance, and audit
provisions and to conduct inspections.

Several consumer brands have felt the wrath of
consumers, whether with respect to their own
workforces or in the marketing or sale of productsthat were perceived to be racist, homophobic, orotherwise inconsistent with diversity and inclusion
principles. To prevent such issues, a consumer
company should clearly identify goals; adopt
appropriate codes of conduct, personnel policies,
and procedures; and train its workforce on all
aspects of diversity and inclusion.

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Experience

Represented one of the world’s leading
cosmetic companies in New Yorkfederal court in an age discrimination
lawsuit brought by a discharged
employee who was not selected
for promotion.

Supported a
global sportswear
manufacturer across
25 different countries,
including the U.S., ineight jurisdictionsin Asia Pacific, 11
jurisdictions in
Europe, and five in
Latin America on
employment
related matters.

Adviseda globalclient on aninternational
internal
investigation
with regard
to criminal
liability
issuesarising fromthe bribery
allegations
against FIFA.

Advised a U.S. software company
on multiple internal investigations
across China regarding allegations ofbribery and other conduct of former
employees, raising FCPA issues.

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Data protection

False advertising

Consumers demand connectivity and smart
features for a growing range of products – fromappliances to toothbrushes and even apparel.
Businesses are striving to monetize and otherwise
tap into the value of the data delivered by smart
and connected devices.

It is important to ensure that advertising, whether
on packaging, the internet, television, radio, or
elsewhere, is truthful, not misleading, and, whereappropriate, backed by scientific evidence.
Regulators give particular scrutiny to claims that
affect health – food, over-the-counter drugs,
supplements, alcohol, tobacco, CBD products,
and sometimes creams and cosmetics. Consumer
companies must stay abreast of differing
regulations and labeling requirements. Hi-tech
products and the internet also receive significant
attention. As social media and the internet havebecome more relevant in driving sales, companies
need to ensure recommendations and postingsby social media influencers are not misleading.

The data protection and cybersecurity legal
landscape is changing rapidly. Regulators,
enforcement authorities, and policymakers are
scrutinizing how companies collect, use, and shareconsumers’ personal data. Laws and regulations
are proliferating at the national, state, and local
levels. All the while, cyber criminals, advanced
persistent threat groups, and others are looking
to exploit potential vulnerabilities in theconnected ecosystem.

Social impact
The expectation for good corporate citizenship extends
beyond internal stakeholders. Consumers
are taking an intense look at corporate responsibility,
especially when the actions of companies
impact their lives. From consumer safety to dataprotection and false advertising, consumers areaware of the ways corporations affect them and they
expect timely, transparent actions when issues
arise. How your company responds to consumers
is critical.

Consumer safety
Consumer complaints are often the first indicationthat a product may be unsafe. What are yourobligations? And when are they triggered? Failure
to take timely action can subject a company tosubstantial penalties and risk allowing unsafe
products on store shelves.
It is important to understand consumer productsafety standards. Consumer companies should
consider participating in rulemaking processes
for new safety standards, adopt quality control
procedures to ensure early detection of productfailures, and address tracking, reporting,and recalls in agreements with suppliers anddistributors.

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Businesses must consider whether data wascollected lawfully, whether service providers andbusiness partners processing personal information
are trustworthy, whether data processing is
consistent with legal and contractual requirements,
and whether information and systems arereasonably secure. To succeed and mitigate risk,businesses must have forward-thinking programsin place to assess and mitigate risk and to nimbly
respond to incidents should they occur.

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Experience

Obtained dismissalof all claims against
a global productmanufacturer in
consumer fraud
putative class action
alleging claims underconsumer protection
statutes and related
theories that the
manufacturer’s
refrigerator did notcomply with the U.S.
Energy Star program.

Advised a global
apparel manufacturer
and retailer regarding
various newly enacted
New York county-levellaws prohibiting saleof children’s products
and apparel containing
certain chemicals.

Advised a major
multinational foodand beveragecompany onlabeling andadvertising claims
for its products andalso with respect
to liability related
to the use ofchallenging
claims.

Advised various
manufacturers andretailers of electronics
and consumer
appliances on privacy
and data breach matters,
including pre-litigation
advising and risk
assessment, with thesupport of our Privacy
and Cybersecurity
practice group.

Represented a major retailer in its response to abreach affecting 50+ million payment cards. Ourservices including overall coordination of theclient’s response, fact investigation and argument
development, and state Attorneys General andregulatory interactions.

Advised global
consumer-facing
and advertising
companies oncompliance with
GDPR, the e-Privacy
Directive, and Brexit.

Advised a major
retail industry
association on
CCPA complianceissues, including
preparing sample
transparency
disclosures formembers.

Advised a U.S. retailer
and global productmanufacturer in putative
nationwide class action
alleging various fraudand warranty-based
claims relating to “refreshrate” of LED
high-definition
televisions.

Successfully negotiated the close of a CPSC
investigation of our client, a large toy retailer, anda manufacturer after both parties argued overliability without either entity notifying CPSC of
the problem. The manufacturer was deemed
responsible for the problem.

Advised a leading online mass-retailer on its
sourcing agreements with various suppliers ofconsumer products sold on the retailer’s website,
including analyzing relevant back-to-back provisions
required due to of exposure of the retailer toconsumer regulations.

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Strategic
communications
Consumer companies are especially vigilant aboutprotecting their brand reputation with customers andthe broader public. Indeed, consumer companies’
enterprise value may be almost entirely comprisedof the value of its brand reputation. So, what should
companies do when legal counsel, acting to protect
their legal interests, provides advice that is notharmonized with that of communications advisors
who are working to protect the brand?
When issues arise, it is important for a company and its
advisors to speak with one clear and coherent voice tothe equally important legal, regulatory, and customer
audiences and reflect the company’s brand values inall of its communications. This is especially true for a
response to a potentially negative legal or reputational
event. In these situations, a company should put theculture and values for which it stands on full display,whether in its public relations and marketing orfor crisis communications. Brand purpose can beharnessed to help consumer companies weather or
prevent a storm.
The consumer sector faces unique reputational
challenges because the situations requiring
communications can be so complex. Incidents
surrounding sustainable sourcing and supply chain
management, advertising and labeling, business andhuman rights, and social impacts create reputational
exposure when considering the vast media and social
media impacts even a small situation can spark.

Contact

Mark Irion
Head of Strategic Communications
Washington, D.C.
+1 202 637 5731
mark.irion@​hoganlovells.com

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Clients come first

Our values
Our five values area fundamental partof who we are: theyreflect the principles
by which we conduct
ourselves, shaping
what we do and how
we do it. They arealso real and reflect
the ethos of ourlegacy firms.

Our aim is to satisfy our clients through a deep
understanding of their needs, their businesses,
and their industries, and by providing excellent,
responsive, and innovative service.

Excellence in all we do
We combine technical excellence in our workwith a business-oriented approach, the highest
level of integrity, and a focus on solutions.

One team worldwide
We act as an integrated team across our entire firm
worldwide, working together in an atmosphere ofmutual respect, collegiality, and friendliness.

Commitment to our firm’s success
We put intense effort into our work and actively
look for ways to deliver the best results for ourclients and so for our firm.

Good citizenshipWe embrace our responsibility to give back to ourcommunities through pro bono and community
service work and we are committed to a diverse
workforce that is inclusive and welcoming.

These values guide us as we continue to build
Hogan Lovells into a major force in the global
legal marketplace. They are embedded into theoperations of our business as well as ourunderlying culture.

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Your Consumer team

Kelly Tubman Hardy
Partner
Washington, D.C., Baltimore
Corporate+1 202 637 5647 (Washington, D.C.)+1 410 659 2782 (Baltimore)kelly.hardy@​hoganlovells.com

Dr. Florian Unseld, LL.M.
Partner
MunichCorporate+49 89 290 12 280
florian.unseld@​hoganlovells.com

Stephanie Keen
Office Managing Partner
Singapore
Corporate+65 6302 2553
stephanie.keen@​hoganlovells.com

Mary Anne Sullivan
Senior Counsel
Washington, D.C.
Global Regulatory+1 202 637 3695
maryanne.sullivan@​hoganlovells.com

Sahira Khwaja
Partner
LondonIntellectual Property+44 20 7296 2251
sahira.khwaja@​hoganlovells.com

Cecilia Stahlhut EspinosaCounselMexico City
Global Regulatory+52 55 5091 0294
cecilia.stahlhut@​hoganlovells.com

Chandri Navarro
Partner
Washington, D.C.
Global Regulatory+1 202 637 5640
chandri.navarro@​hoganlovells.com

Dr. Christiane Alpers
CounselHamburg
Corporate+49 40 419 93 0
christiane.alpers@​hoganlovells.com

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Our Business Integrity Group
key contacts

Scot Anderson
PartnerDenverFinance+1 303 454 2452
scot.anderson@​hoganlovells.com

Achieve

Assess

Deliver stronger,
more sustainable
performance

BiG Total Business
Healthcheck andworkshops audit how
your business delivers
value and integrity

Nicola Evans
Partner
LondonCorporate+44 20 7296 2861
nicola.evans@​hoganlovells.com

Doing good businessmeans doing things
the right way
Our Business Integrity GroupThe world in which we operate has changed.
Consumer demand and strong financial performancego hand in hand with business integrity and positive
societal impact.
• Consumers wield increasing power over the
success or failure of a product or business.
• Stakeholders inside and outside the businessfocus on a company’s integrity and sustainability
credentials before engaging with them.
• Investors see companies with strong
environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
credentials as having more potential.

Data protection
and cyber risk
Governance
Sustainable
development

Sharon Lewis
Partner
Paris, London
Finance+33 (1) 5367 4704 (Paris)+44 20 7296 2474 (London)
sharon.lewis@​hoganlovells.com

Adrian Walker
Partner
LondonFinance+44 20 7296 5566
adrian.walker@​hoganlovells.com

Lloyd Parker
Office Managing Partner
TokyoIntellectual Property+81 3 5157 8256
lloyd.parker@​hoganlovells.com

Sukhvir BasranCounselLondon+44 20 7296 2506
sukhvir.basran@​hoganlovells.com

Socially responsible
investing
Strategic
communications
Anti-bribery
and corruption

Transaction
due diligence
Branding
and advertising
Business andhuman rights
Incentives
Supply chain

AssureAdjustAssure performancethrough continual
impact measurement
and review ofbest practice

Implement changes
to legal infrastructuresand contracts to drive
your purpose andbusiness performance

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