EUDR: An Environmental Milestone with Social Implications For companies operating in the EU, the EU Regulation on Deforestation Free Products (EUDR) is now a reality. While the EUDR is overtly an environmental legislation, one that’s been tailored to protect global...
The media, the public, regulators and investors are demanding better data and more effective action on human rights due diligence (HRDD) in company supply chains. However, it has been notoriously difficult for companies to obtain primary source data about these human...
Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (SCDDA) is a landmark piece of Human Rights due Diligence (HRDD) legislation that already affects German companies with more than 3,000 employees. Soon, the scope of the law will become much wider; as of January 2024, German...
Geopolitical tensions and the energy transition have thrust the extractive industries into the limelight. The discourse around mining is no longer dormant until an accident happens. Rightly so, as mining drives 45% of the world’s economic activity. The EU’s upcoming...
Tommy Stadlen is a technology entrepreneur and author. He is a former McKinsey consultant, and worked with the Obama for America campaign in 2008 as a policy advisor. We caught up with Tommy in New York to discuss “Connect: How Companies Succeed by Engaging...
Brendan Murphy and Oseyi Ikuenobe New research by Daniel Franks (Center for Social Responsibility in Mining) and Queensland University and Rachel Davis (Shift) find that delays in world-class mining operations valued between US$ 3 and US$ 5 billion caused by conflict...
