Human rights risks
Beyond Compliance: Three Human Rights Risks Companies Overlook As companies navigate the complex landscape of human rights, they tend to focus on the most visible and well-known human rights risks, or on the ones the law requires them to focus on. However, there are...
Rise in child labour due to COVID-19
On June 12th we celebrated the International Day against Child Labour. According to the pre-COVID-19 figures, 152 million boys and girls are still trapped in child labour worldwide, with as many as 72 million doing dangerous work. The good news is that we are making...
How can purchasing practices steer responsible supply chains?
My last blog looked at what managing supply chains in a responsible way means and why companies are doing this, among other based on the article in the Economist with the title ‘No more excuses’ Responsible supply chains in a globalized world. Exploring...
Are we building responsible supply chain management on the right blocks? A review.
I was triggered by the article of the Economist Intelligence Unit with the title ‘No more excuses’ Responsible supply chains in a globalized world of 2017(1). This report draws on a survey of 800 executives in major industrial economies around the world,...
Due diligence in de praktijk: bedrijven bestrijden Kinderarbeid
For the English version click here Is kinderarbeid nog steeds een probleem? Eerst het goede nieuws: kinderarbeid is sinds het begin van deze eeuw afgenomen met meer dan 30%. Er werken nu nog “maar” 168 miljoen kinderen volgens de International Labour Organisation...
Oxfam GB groundbreaking report on labour rights in Unilever’s supply chain
Oxfam GB released a groundbreaking report on labour rights in Unilever’s supply chain. It is groundbreaking not so much because of its content (although as the project’s technical advisor and co-author of the report, I do think we have some fascinating findings to...
