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1/7/2025 6:25:39 PM

Navigating Supply Chain Due Diligence Legislation: What Businesses Need to Know

By Mark Temme

Are you looking for a quick overview of the regulations and requirements you may encounter while managing your supply chain? Check out a...

2/9/2024 6:45:06 PM

ESG’s Impact on Supply Chains

By Astrid Walstra

Recently, I had a conversation with a supplier preparing for their first social audit. As this was new for them, they believed social...

2/2/2024 5:01:41 AM

Rights of Nature and a Human Right to a Clean Environment; Ireland being the next country to recognize them!

By Mark Temme

The “Green Island” has good news, at least the discussion going on in Ireland are promising. If the planned referendum is successful then...

9/21/2023 9:44:58 AM

UK alongside with Russia and Belarus ...

By Mark Temme

The recent Guardian article discussing the UK's consideration to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights to curb Channel...

9/7/2023 2:06:08 PM

Human rights is essential teaching in every business school

By Justin Bettey

We have come a long way in the last ten years with regards the topic of Human Rights being discussed within the boardroom, but ensuring...

9/1/2023 12:35:36 PM

Private Sector urged to up efforts to tackle Modern Slavery

By Catherine Beare

We have seen a number of articles in the last week detailing challenges back to the private sector and governments to up the efforts in...

8/31/2023 11:48:44 AM

Is the BAFA watering down the German Due Diligence Law?

By Mark Temme

NGOs are deeply concerned regarding the in their eyes exclusion of financial sector from the GDDL. On 11 August 2023 the BAFA published a...

8/15/2023 11:55:02 AM

Two-day Amazon summit to focus on climate change and human rights

By Mark Temme

On August 8th and 9th eight South American countries as well as various other invited countries, such as e.g. France, Norway and Germany...

7/28/2023 11:21:33 AM

A World Without Truth

By Justin Bettey

I read this article today and spent a few minutes wondering what life would be like if I could not truly believe anything I heard, read...

7/27/2023 12:48:44 AM

ILO, IFAD and CARE are teaming up to tackle poverty and inequality across the the agri-food sector

By Mark Temme

The three organizations who now form the Decent Work for Equitable Food Systems Coalition ( https://decentworkinfoodsystems.org/ ) will...

7/21/2023 2:41:07 PM

Undermining human rights. Also in Europe!

By Mark Temme

You do not have to think of far away countries when addressing the human rights of migrants and refugees. Great Britain is in the process...

7/20/2023 4:01:00 AM

Australian Human Rights Act "in development"

By Mark Temme

Although the Australian Human Rights Act has been introduced already in 1986 and been further aligned on regional base in various...

7/17/2023 4:01:32 AM

Seafood: we all love it, but at what cost?

By Mark Temme

There is an interesting article and related platform on the cost of seafood and the issues regarding unsustainable fishing or aquaculture...

7/3/2023 4:01:22 AM

25 years of the UN Declaration on human rights defenders; Time to celebrate or to increase our efforts?

By Mark Temme

25 years ago the the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders was adopted by the UN. It may be a time to celebrate the achievements and the...

6/22/2023 12:25:39 PM

The EBU publishes an update on their Sustainability Rulebook covering CSDDD

By Mark Temme

I stumbled over a nice information / read into the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) by the European...

6/13/2023 7:00:00 AM

Cool guide on assessing human rights risks

By Mark Temme

Today I stumbled over a guide how to approach the human rights aspect in due diligence and I find it quite helpful. It is set up...