The 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 […]
Read moreResponsible Recruitment is key to decent work
According to the International Labor Organization, more than 232 million people across the globe live outside their countries of origin, […]
Read moreSussex Speaks – What We Learnt
National Referral Mechanism Statistics 2021 While the Modern Slavery: National Refferal Mechanism Statistics reports from this year do not give […]
Read moreLexisNexis: COP26 round-up—8 November 2021 (Adaptation, Loss and Damage Day)
Colleen Theron shares her views on day eight of the summit on adaptation, loss and damage day . The discussions highlight the intersection between climate change and human rights.
Read moreThe Link Between Climate Change and Modern Slavery – The Need to Know for Businesses
There are currently estimated to be 40.3 million people living in slavery globally, with the most marginalised members of society […]
Read moreSussex Speaks: Modern Slavery Post-pandemic Roundtable
Speakers from the council, police, NGO’s and small businesses come together in person for a collaborative roundtable discussion on modern […]
Read moreHuman Rights: What are the top human rights risk priorities that businesses need to manage?
Comply with legal requirements and embrace normative human rights standards. Where there are national or regional legal requirements for businesses […]
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