What is human rights due diligence?

Human rights due diligence (HRDD) is the process by which companies identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for the impact of their operations and supply chains on people.

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Protect, Respect and Remedy: what does Ruggie's framework mean for ethical trade in 2017?

The growing trend around non-financial reporting, stemming from John Ruggie's Protect, Respect, Remedy framework, sees greater importance attached to human rights due diligence.

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What 'good' looks like: crucial C-Suite learning for tackling modern slavery

How companies committed to ethical trade can show leadership on tackling modern slavery.

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Webinar: Preparing your business for new human rights and environmental due diligence laws

Join ETI’s free webinar to understand what emerging human rights and environmental due diligence laws mean for your business. Learn how to move beyond compliance, strengthen supply chain resilience and implement practical, effective due diligence aligned with international standards and new regulatory requirements.

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ETI Technical Guidance on Responsible Disengagement

Explores what responsible business practices entail in the context of sourcing changes, specifically when “disengaging” – that is, making substantial reductions in sourcing volumes or terminating supply chain business relationships.

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Supplier engagement and human rights due diligence

Identifying risks is only the first step. Addressing those risks requires companies to work closely with suppliers — not just to enforce standards, but to build the conditions for sustainable improvement.

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How to implement human rights due diligence in your company

Implementing human rights due diligence (HRDD) requires more than a policy commitment. It involves building a practical system that identifies risks to people, takes action to address them, and improves over time.

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THE LEADERSHIP SERIES: ETI and me – why it’s important to empathise, talk and act to change supply chains

Duncan Green was present at the birth of ETI 20 years ago. Here he lists the lessons he has learnt as an NGO specialist.

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Is the business of business development?

How business can help transform trade systems to support the world's Sustainable Development Goals.

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The Leadership Series: Where business meets human rights

In this introduction to our 20th Anniversary series of opinion pieces, The Leadership Series, ETI's Chair Philip Chamberlain reflects on some of the business and human rights issues that will be a key part of the ethical trade agenda in 2018 and beyond.

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