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Current practices of Dutch business on human rights Just after the UN Guiding Principles were launched in 2011, Human Rights@Work, together with VBDO and BECO, reviewed the status of guidelines' implementation in the Netherlands in 2012 and to provide ideas and...
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 this topic...
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, in Asia, the...
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...
The Round Table for Sustainable Palmoil (RSPO) and human rights
Human rights and business and the implications for the RSPO. Read and/or download: The Round Table for Sustainable Palmoil (RSPO) and human rightsHuman Rights in the RSPO
Words and actions: lessons from Unilever’s supply chain
Five years ago, Oxfam and Unilever agreed to an unusual collaboration. Oxfam conducted a study on labour rights in Unilever’s Vietnam supply chain and operations. Liesbeth Unger asks, why did Unilever do it? How did they perform? And what can other companies seeking...