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Kickstart your human rights due diligence with this 3-step funnel model

I like to describe the human rights due diligence process as a funnel, where an individual brand begins with its entire supply base and uses reliable data and insight to assess which parts of its supply chain warrant deeper due diligence.

Human Rights, SustainabilityLea EsterhuizenMay 3, 2023due diligence, supply chains, data, responsible sourcing

So you want to listen to the workers in your supply chain? 3 questions to guide your responsible sourcing strategy.

Giving attention to the intent of listening to workers helps ensure that the organisation will take thoughtful action with this feedback.

Human Rights&WiderJune 22, 2021responsible sourcing, responsible supply chains, global supply chains, continuous improvement

How can appreciation help with building sustainable supply chains?

What tools do you already use for worker engagement? What policies do you already have in place to encourage responsible sourcing, and what interventions have worked in the past? Building on those strengths offers you a new strategic direction and more willing stakeholders to make it happen.

Sustainability&WiderJune 8, 2021appreciative inquiry, supply chains, global supply chains, responsible supply chains, responsible sourcing, continuous improvement

Three ways to use Direct Worker Reporting (aka Worker Voice)

Where does Direct Worker Voice fit into your responsible sourcing strategy? We run through three major ways you can incorporate Direct Worker Reporting to your responsible sourcing programme for maximum impact and value.

Auditing, Human RightsLea EsterhuizenOctober 14, 2020direct worker reporting, responsible sourcing, social impact, suppliers, supply chains, working conditions, insights, high risk geographies, worker voice

From compliance to impact: a call to measure what matters

Many brands are capturing data in their supply chains and are eager to talk about impact. But social impact is radically different from social compliance. What does that impact look like? And how can we build and measure it over time?

Sustainability, Auditing&WiderMay 11, 2020COVID-19, coronavirus, due diligence, responsible sourcing, responsible supply chains, impact, social impact, compliance, risk mitigation, child labour, child labor, data, working conditions, worker wellbeing

From policing to partnership: the birth of a new paradigm

The relationship between supplier and buyers is shifting. What is the difference between a policing and a partnership model? And how can this shift be accelerated in the responses to COVID-19?

Why we need to measure worker happiness now and not later

Thank the gods (and the UN) that we didn’t apply the worker wellbeing argument to human rights.

Human Rights, SustainabilityLea EsterhuizenDecember 17, 2018responsible supply chains, responsible sourcing, working conditions, worker wellbeing, workers, data, measure, risk mitigation

Transcending Box-ticking by Listening to Auditors

We work in the field of “responsible sourcing”. How, to date, have we all tried to carry out this responsibility?

Auditing, SustainabilityLea EsterhuizenAugust 8, 2018social auditiing, audit, responsible sourcing, compliance