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In the latest edition of the French publication Compliances, GoodCorporation’s Caroline Le Mestre and Felix Feunteun discuss the proposed sustainability due diligence directive, exploring the legislation that preceded the directive and what its introduction will mean for businesses and their human rights obligations. Primary aims of the EU Sustainability Due Diligence Directive The aim of…
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The war in Ukraine, Russian sanctions, Covid and Brexit have all added significant complications to shipping and freight transport. Writing for Small Business, GoodCorporation director Leo Martin explores the impact of these global developments and the steps needed to mitigate a growing range of corruption risks in shipping. As we say in this latest article,…
With the EU Whistleblowing Directive now in force and likely to impact the thousands of UK businesses with operations in Europe, GoodCorporation’s first Business Ethics Debate of 2022 addressed the important topic of whistleblowing. Georgina Halford-Hall, CEO of Whistleblowers UK, opened the discussion and asked the question, Is legislation making whistleblowing the norm and not…
With environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues continuing to dominate the agenda, the 2022 Chatham House Responsible Business Conference explored how ESG matters will be adopted into meaningful and normalised decision making. GoodCorporation director Gareth Thomas joined the panel that focussed on ESG and sustainable finance. This session examined the role of regulators, corporates and…
Whistleblowing. Speak-up. Ethics concerns. Whatever you call it, encouraging employees and other stakeholders to report concerns about misconduct and inappropriate behaviour is increasingly regarded as an essential component of effective risk management. A well-trusted and successfully embedded speak-up system can be one of the most efficient means of identifying risks and rectifying them before they…
The second part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report[1], published last week, focuses on the consequences of climate change. In particular, its impact on ecosystems and human societies, as well as on the means used so far to adapt to these changes. The first part of the report, published in August…
GoodCorporation was invited by EQS Group to lead a webinar on Embedding effective speak-up, part of their “It’s time to speak-up” series. GoodCorporation director, Debbie Ramsay, and senior consultant, Lisa Randles, led the discussion which explored how to create an ethical corporate culture that promotes effective speak-up. Based on over 20 years of working with…
Baroness Young hosted our second House of Lords debate this year and began by sharing her optimism at how far the human rights agenda has evolved over the last few decades. Professor Parosha Chandran, the UK’s leading anti-slavery lawyer and award-winning human rights barrister opened the discussion. She highlighted some key human rights cases and…
