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...
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...
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 this topic...
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, in Asia, the...
Het tijdschrift voor Compliance publiceerde mijn artikel afgelopen oktober. Over mensenrechten in de praktijk voor bedrijfsjuristen. Lees meer en download.
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...
