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Business and human rights | 10 tips
A few years ago, I wrote this article for the Dutch magazine Compliance. This version has been updated and translated. It is increasingly clear to businesses that they have a responsibility for human rights as part of sustainability, ESG, social compliance, ethics,...
Beyond Compliance: Three Human Rights Risks That 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 those they are legally required to address. However, numerous risks are often overlooked and undervalued, posing significant...
EU Commission’s Omnibus Proposal: A Step Back for Responsible Business Conduct?
Now that the dust has settled, I’ve been reflecting on what last week’s Omnibus proposal from the EU Commission truly means. What’s at stake? The effectiveness of corporate due diligence and responsible business conduct. Many of my fellow sustainability practitioners...
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...
The CSDDD: A New Era for Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence
For the past 14 years, I have been working on human rights due diligence. I started at a time when I was still naive enough to believe that all companies would follow the UN Guiding Principles and respect human rights. I thought all they needed was a little help—maybe...
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,...