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GDPR Thought Leadership
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10 min read

GDPR compliance – why should you still care?

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has now been in force for four years. GDPR’s reach is global, and in the four years that it’s been in force, fines have reached a total of over €1.6 billion, with the majority of fines having been levied in the past 12 months. Also during that time, the UK left the EU, data protection regulation reforms were announced in the UK and the ICO appointed a new commissioner.

Any company that offers goods or services to anyone in the EU is required to comply with GDPR, and any employee who collects, processes or stores data as part of their responsibilities, needs to be trained in data protection rules and regulations, including business owners, directors, managers, supervisors, staff and contractors.

But now it’s been over four years since GDPR came into force and some might be asking if it’s still relevant, and why they should still care.

Money Laundering News Thought Leadership
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4 min read

Money laundering changes for disclosure, information sharing and gathering

Part 4: Upcoming changes to the UK’s anti-money laundering regime

In July 2021, HM Treasury launched a new AML consultation entitled ‘Amendments to the Money Laundering Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017’. This consultation outlined ways in which the government intended to amend the UK’s money laundering regulations (MLRs) with several time-sensitive updates. The planned updates are required to ensure that the UK continues to meet international AML standards, whilst also clarifying how the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) regime works.

The changes to the MLRs have been made through draft secondary legislation entitled ‘the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022’. Most of the measures in this SI will come into force on 1 September 2022, subject to parliamentary approval

In this series of blog posts, we take a closer look at what these changes will mean for anti-money laundering compliance.

New Guide–Sanctions at Work: A Guide to Compliance

Recent events have brought sanctions into the spotlight and sanctions compliance has become an increasing challenge for businesses, but also one that is vital to understand. New laws such as the Economic Crime Act in the UK have ramped up sanctions compliance and increased penalties on businesses – any businesses – who get things wrong.

VinciWorks has released a new guide, Sanctions at Work: A Guide to Compliance, to help your business ensure that it complies with sanctions regimes.

ESG Thought Leadership
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9 min read

ESG reporting best practices

What is ESG reporting, and why should organisations do it?

ESG reporting is the disclosure of environmental, social, and governance information that is material, or relevant, to an organisation. This information is used by investors and other stakeholders to understand how the organisation views and manages ESG risks and opportunities in relation to short-term financial performance or long-term value creation. Reports include quantitative and qualitative information, accompanied by performance analysis with respect to the company’s goals.

In some markets, ESG reporting is mandatory or will be soon, such as the European Union’s Corporate Social Responsibility Directive (CSRD) or the United Kingdom’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDRs). Beyond these requirements, many organisations choose to voluntarily publish ESG reports for several reasons:

Thought Leadership
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13 min read

Neurodiversity: Your Questions Answered

How to manage neurodiversity in the workplace

Thank you to everyone who came along to our recent webinar on the complex topic of neurodiversity.

In this webinar, VinciWorks’ Director of Learning Nick Henderson and Skill Boosters’ Content Designer Maurizio Caldera explored some of the many facets of neurodiversity, the challenges faced by neurodivergent people in the workplace and the opportunities for employers that take a whole-organisation approach to supporting neurodivergent staff, customers and service users.

Omnitrack Release Notes Thought Leadership
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2 min read

Omnitrack version 2.66.0

Scoring fields

We’ve added a new field type which allows users to create dynamic scoring fields in their forms. For example, you could create a risk assessment form that asks a series of risk related questions and generates a score based on a user’s responses.

There are a few steps to take in order to create a scoring field in your form.

Step 1 – Add a scoring field to your form by going into “Edit form” >> “Add question” >> scroll down to the complex field section and select “Scoring field”.

Step 2 – Build an equation using existing fields from your form. The scoring feature allows you to add/subtract/multiply/divide by the value of two or more existing questions in your form. For example, if you have fields called “Risk likelihood” and “Risk impact” you could multiply the value of those two questions to get a final “Risk score”.

Step 3 – The final step for building a scoring field is to assign a number value to each option in the questions you are using in the equation. For example, if the “Risk likelihood” question gives the user options to select High, Medium, Low then you’ll need to assign a number value to each of those options.

To assign values, go to the question and click the ‘Settings’ cog on the field. Navigate to the ‘Scoring’ tab and fill in a value for each option.

You’re all set! You’re scoring field will now calculate dynamically as the form is filled in.

Bug fixes

Fixed an issue where some clients could not see the ‘Form admin’ role on the users page.

Money Laundering News Thought Leadership
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7 min read

Money laundering changes for proliferation, trusts, and reporting discrepancies

Part 3: Upcoming changes to the UK’s anti-money laundering regime

In this series of blog posts, we take a closer look at what these changes will mean for anti-money laundering compliance.

ESG Thought Leadership
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9 min read

Is ESG reporting mandatory in the UK, the EU, and the US?

Why is ESG reporting mandatory?

As countries announce net-zero targets, involving the private sector will be critical to achieving these targets. One way governments keep companies accountable is by requiring ESG (environmental, social, and governance) reporting. Today, there are many frameworks and standards to report on these non-financial dimensions, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) or the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB). But governments are standardising how ESG information is disclosed to ensure investors have accurate information for decision-making and finance is mobilized to achieve national emissions reduction targets.

In June 2021, the G7 Finance Ministers announced their support for mandatory ESG disclosures, stating that such disclosures “provide consistent and decision-useful information for market participants…[that] will help mobilise the trillions of dollars of private sector finance needed, and reinforce government policy to meet our net zero commitments”.

Thought Leadership
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1 min read

New course release–Sanctions: Complying with International Restrictions

The field of economic sanctions has been growing increasingly complicated in recent years. As events in Russia, Iran, China and other countries grab global headlines, businesses are struggling to stay on top of changes.

VinciWorks’ new course Sanctions: Complying with International Restrictions, teaches users what sanctions compliance means and gives organisations the tools they need to stay on top of rapidly changing requirements with ease.

Thought Leadership
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2 min read

On-demand webinar: Neurodiversity in the workplace – Thinking differently

Neurodiversity is the term that refers to the naturally occurring variation in the way our brains work. It is commonly associated with a series of conditions or differences such as dyslexia, ADHD, dyspraxia, autism and others. Recent studies suggest that as many as 1 in 7 people in the UK are neurodivergent, meaning that organisations that fail to meet the needs of their neurodivergent staff, customers and service users are neglecting a significant demographic. Although there are challenges associated with these differences, there are also many strengths.

The webinar covered:

What is Neurodiversity?
The challenges that Neurodivergent thinkers face in the workplace and what that tells us about the broader working environment
The benefits of recruiting from a neurodiverse talent pool
What is ‘diversity of thought’ and how can it be successfully applied?
Interviews with neurodivergent individuals on their personal experiences
Short scenario clips and interactive polls on what we can do to support neurodivergent people in each example
How to support colleagues who care for someone who is neurodivergent

Watch now

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