Legislation Update: EU to Issue Import Bans on Goods Tainted by Forced Labor
The instrument would complement the European Commission’s Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence which was published on […]
Read moreEU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: What you need to know.
The proposal followed a study by the Commission concluding that the information companies currently disclose is insufficient. According to the […]
Read moreA universal right to a healthy environment: 5 things business should know
Why is this important? The link between human rights and the […]
Read moreCase Study: Conflict Minerals with Ardea International and Any Data
In partnership with AnyDATA, a specialist supply chain data and risk management Platform, Ardea International (Ardea) delivered a collaborative due […]
Read moreDid you know that there are over 130,000 people trapped in conditions of slavery in the UK?
This blog was written by guest contributor Dipak Vashi, of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). […]
Read moreDid the deal fall through? What Love Island can teach us about the value of recycling
Missguided sponsored Love Island back in 2018, with statistics revealing that sales spiked by 40 per cent between 7pm and […]
Read moreHow a Missguided supply chain approach contributed towards the collapse of fast fashion
Missguided are one of the biggest brands who capitalised on the fast fashion boom in the early 2010s. However, in […]
Read moreThe 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, […]
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