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14 July 2026

Forced Labour in the Platform Economy: What can businesses do?

On 12 June 2026, the International Labour Conference adopted ILO Convention No. 193 on Decent Work in the Platform Economy. It is the first binding global…

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18 June 2026

The UNGPs at 15: How are we holding up in practice? What does HRDD look like now?

This is Part 2 of our anniversary series on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Part 1 looked at the way the UNGP framework works in…

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16 June 2026

UNGPs at 15: What They Changed and Why

The UNGPs’ real innovation wasn’t raising the bar for business - it was reading how power moves through a supply chain, and building the response around that.

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10 June 2026

Modern slavery and the World Cup

The Men’s 2026 World Cup, hosted by the USA, Canada and Mexico, kicks off this week in Mexico City. It is set to be the largest in the competition’s history…

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3 June 2026

Record Heatwaves. Are Your Workers Protected?

Are your workers protected from extreme heat? As a warming climate meets an El Niño, here’s where the risk hides in your supply chain and how to prepare.

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20 May 2026

See You in Dublin (May 28th)? Let’s Talk About the Supply Chain Risk You Might Be Creating

When companies in Ireland think about human rights risks in their supply chains, they tend to think about what’s happening at the supplier end. Forced labour.

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18 May 2026

The realities of modern slavery in 2026

Exploitation and modern slavery in 2026: what’s driving its increase and what can businesses do about it? Effective human rights due diligence is the key.

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7 May 2026

Responsible Business: When Leadership Just Doesn’t Want to Know

Responsible business - advice for influencing leadership appetite on HRDD, ESG and ethical trade

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28 April 2026

Responsible Business: Prioritising When You Don’t Have the Resource to Assess Everything

In the Weeds is a series addressing the real, operational challenges faced by the people responsible for human rights due diligence (HRDD)…

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21 April 2026

Responsible Business: When Budget Is the Problem

This is the first in a series of posts addressing the real, operational challenges faced by the people responsible for human rights due diligence (HRDD)…

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8 April 2026

HRDD: 5 Principles for a System That Delivers

Five principles that tend to be present in HRDD that delivers — and less present in HRDD that doesn’t. Part three of CLC’s 2026 series on HRDD

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2 April 2026

HRDD: Is Yours Actually Working?

Many businesses have an HRDD process. Far fewer have one that actually changes anything. This post examines why.

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25 March 2026

Human Rights Due Diligence: The Business Case in 2026

Why HRDD is no longer just a compliance issue - and why supply chain resilience during global volatility makes the business case stronger than ever in 2026.

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