Posts tagged working conditions
Beyond Compliance: Collaborating for Ethical Supply Chains

As &Wider grows, we’re focusing on social sustainability and new legal frameworks like the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. We partner with those committed to improving workers' lives through collaboration and data-driven insights. Our clients tackle labour exploitation in supply chains proactively, using worker-sourced data to drive continuous improvement.

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5 ways to win supplier buy-in for your human rights due diligence programme

Engaging suppliers in human rights due diligence can be challenging, especially when they are already managing various compliance requirements. Here's how we, as the &Wider’s implementation team effectively onboard suppliers to take our worker monitoring surveys, to make the process mutually beneficial.

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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.

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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?

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Look for today’s heroes amongst yesterday’s perpetrators

The spotlight and pressure these named and shamed brands faced has the effect of accelerating progress, and unlocking internal buy-in. But the public only got the first part of the story - the scandal.

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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?

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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.

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When do workers feel comfortable to report on their everyday lives?

Some workers may never risk giving candid feedback about their working conditions. But even in precarious workplaces, we do and will continue to find workers who will still risk it.

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