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Stuart Bell

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Director of Policy
Organisation
Ergon Associates

Stuart is a co-founder of Ergon Associates and has more than 20 years experience in corporate responsibility research, strategic consulting, policy advice, project management, responsible investment and corporate governance analysis.

Blog posts from this author

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Learning from modern slavery statements

27 June 2017
How useful are modern slavery statements? And do we know any more about the prevalence of modern slavery and what companies are doing to combat it?
Migrant workers working on a Thai boat, Samut Sakhon, Thailand.

Modern slavery reporting: what you need to know about your risks

3 February 2016
What will companies required to make a modern slavery statement include in it? It will be a bold consumer-facing brand that chooses to make only a minimal disclosure.
In 2011, ETI members reported more than 267,000 person hours in training for suppliers

All change? 10 years of ETI member reports

12 October 2012
Stuart Bell of Ergon Associates reflects on 10 years of analysing ETI company member reports
Climbing the wage ladder

Climbing the wage ladder

27 July 2011
Ergon's Stuart Bell highlights new initiatives to push workers' wages above legal minima
Photo of fire buckets

What next for audits?

17 February 2011
Stuart Bell, Director of Policy at Ergon Associates, looks at some of the shortcomings of conventional audits as a tool and how companies are increasingly taking a different tack.

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