The UN Binding Treaty on Human Rights: Explained
What Has the Third Draft of the UN Binding Treaty Introduced For Businesses To Consider Many of the key themes […]
Read moreThe Ardea International Podcast Launch
The first episode of the Ardea International Podcast is available now. Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of […]
Read moreRiding for Freedom: A Documentary
Riding For Freeing is a documentary that follows human rights advocate, Founder and Team Leader at Ride For Freedom, Gordon […]
Read moreEuropean Commission proposal for mandatory due diligence: key features
There have been changes since the EU Due Diligence proposal was first published for comment and it has received a […]
Read moreThe Fast Fashion Business: Conclusion and Recommendations
There is a consensus that human trafficking and modern slavery is a complex problem that requires legal, political, and economic […]
Read moreThe Fast Fashion Business: The UK’s Response
The ‘most reputable and recent’ international instruments that have set out to define, prevent, and prosecute human trafficking are the […]
Read moreThe Fast Fashion Business: BooHoo Case Study
Following the revelation of Leicester’s factories and allegations of ‘unacceptable working conditions and underpayment of workers’, the now infamous Boohoo […]
Read moreThe Fast Fashion Business: UK Case Study: How the pandemic exposed Leicester’s captive workforce
As aforementioned earlier in this series, victims of trafficking are heavily influenced by push and pull factors. By general rule, […]
Read moreWEBINAR: How African Organisations are Embedding Human Rights in their ESG Practice
Join Ardea International’s upcoming webinar on ‘How African Organisations are embedding business and human rights in their ESG practice’ taking […]
Read moreThe Issue of Modern Slavery: What is Africa doing about it?
Under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, world leaders noted to “Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, […]
Read more2022: Issues And Trends Relating To Responsible Business, Human Rights And Climate Change
1. Pressure from all sides to be sustainable The first and general overarching trend that will continue in 2022 is […]
Read moreHow-to Guide: How to Identify Modern Slavery in your Supply Chain
Defining Modern Slavery The MSA covers several definitions that are also defined in reference to article 4 of the European […]
Read moreInternational Year of the Elimination of Child Labour: Action Pledge Update
In Spring this year, Ardea International sumbitted an action pledge to Alliance 8.7 and UN Global Compact to support the […]
Read moreThe Fast Fashion Business: fast fashion demand and the growth of the human trafficking and modern slavery industry
As touched on in the previous blog in this series, the relationship between fast fashion demand and the growth of […]
Read moreThe Fast Fashion Business: The success of the fast fashion business model
The research in this series of blogs has been taken from a research paper that I completed as part of […]
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