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An estimated 60 per cent of the UK’s adult population has spent much of the last 15 months working from home. As businesses begin to welcome staff back to the workplace over the summer, careful thought will be needed to ensure that adequate support is provided for employees’ mental health needs. Mind, the mental health…
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Ten years on from the publication of the United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights accounts of human rights abuses such as child labour, exploitation, enslavement and habitat destruction are still all too familiar. Despite the introduction of tougher human rights legislation in multiple jurisdictions, it would seem that assessing and mitigating…
While the UK’s Covid vaccination programme surges forward at an impressive pace, questions are being raised about how this will be managed in the workplace. While some employers are planning to adopt a ‘no jab, no job’ approach, others are taking a more collaborative line, stating they will proactively encourage staff to have the vaccine…
Mandatory human rights due diligence could be introduced into Swiss law next month following a public vote. This could have significant implications for for all Swiss headquartered companies. Angela Floydd, Managing Director Europe at Laurence Simons Search, interviewed GoodCorporation’s Juliette Hérault about the forthcoming referendum and its implications. Juliette and Angela discuss how the referendum…
Under new proposals announced by the UK Government, businesses required to complete modern slavery statements will face mandatory reporting rules and harsher penalties for compliance failures. In addition, the Government has also extended Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act to cover public bodies with a budget threshold above £36m, bringing public sector organisations in…
History teaches us that extraordinary global events such as the current Covid-19 pandemic can lead to an increase in fraud and other forms of corruption. Companies have rightly prioritised health and safety, business continuity and recovery programmes. This is quite distinct from previous economic crises when companies focussed heavily on cost reductions and revenue protection…
As news of a the coronavirus began to emerge, few, if any were predicting a crisis on the scale of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many businesses have had to radically alter operations. This has been a huge challenge. Difficult decisions have been made, and made fast. One factor that can make such difficult decisions easier is…
The call to ‘build back better’ as we emerge from the pandemic has come from many quarters, including the United Nations, World Health Organisation, the Mayor of New York and the director-general Confederation of British Industry. GoodCorporation discussed the role of business in helping to build back better with Jennifer Nadel, barrister, journalist and co-founder of Compassion in Politics. Prior to the…
Since the start of the pandemic, billions of dollars have been sent to developing countries by multilateral development banks (MDBs) and financial institutions to provide the resources necessary to manage immediate health needs, but also to address the longer term economic and social impacts of the pandemic. The World Bank Group has pledged $160 million…
