Blogs

What is in store for the next decade of the UK’s Modern Slavery Act: Insights from Impactt

2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the UK’s Modern Slavery Act, which was pivotal in bringing modern slavery to the global and corporate agenda and laid important foundations for tackling the issue. However, the evolving and complex nature of modern slavery, combined with legal and policy reforms introduced in other… Read More

May 28th 25

From Compliance to Transformation: Why Supplier Improvement is Key to HRDD

Despite the current geopolitical climate and recent uncertainty in the EU, there’s growing clarity that businesses must move beyond identifying risks to actively addressing them. The overall legislative direction remains consistent: companies are expected not only to detect risks but to take meaningful action. Even where regulatory pressure softens, the… Read More

May 28th 25

Beyond Compliance: Addressing the Financial Drivers of Forced Labour in Supply Chains 

In this Spotlight On, we’re speaking to David Rousseau, one of our Principal Consultants, about forced labour, one of the most entrenched challenges in global supply chains. This is particularly the case in high-risk, high-pressure environments like energy and heavy industries, including renewable energy development. While traditional approaches… Read More

Mar 17th 25

Proposed Changes to the EU’s Omnibus: Reflections from Interim CEO Patrick Shaw-Brown

Following the recent release of the proposed Omnibus legislation, our Interim CEO, Patrick Shaw-Brown, reflects on the proposal and the conversations he’s had with clients on the issue.  Impactt works with companies across sectors, geographies, and varying levels of maturity in their understanding and management of human rights. Across the… Read More

Mar 07th 25

Social Audit or Forced Labour Assessment: How to choose?

At Impactt, we believe that social audits and forced labour assessments can be complementary. That said, organisations should conduct social audits with the awareness that they may not uncover forced labour, root causes of issues or cultural nuances that are key to understanding associated risks. This… Read More

Dec 18th 24

Spotlight On: Patrick Shaw Brown, Impactt’s Director of Global Delivery

For our inaugural Spotlight On, we’re interviewing Patrick Shaw-Brown, Impactt’s Director of Global Delivery. With a career spanning private and NGO sectors at PwC, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and UK Youth, Patrick has experience of on-the-ground delivery as well as Board positions within these organisations. His experience includes accountancy… Read More

Nov 27th 24

Responsible Recruitment: what keeps going wrong?

In many migration corridors around the world, nearly all migrant workers pay recruitment fees and related costs to obtain employment. The prevention of such payments remains one of the biggest challenges to responsible recruitment globally. Law (including the US Customs & Tariff Act) has already enforced multiple import bans… Read More

Nov 27th 24

10 minutes with Elena Espinoza, Chair of Impactt’s Employee Ownership Trust

Elena Espinoza, Senior Engagement Analyst covering Social Issues for Phoenix Group, has recently joined Impactt as Independent Trustee Chair of the Employee Ownership Trust. We caught up with her to learn more about the wealth of experience she brings to the position, what she’s excited about regarding the role, and… Read More

Nov 13th 24

Impactt supports Top Glove with modification of Customs and Border Protection Forced Labour Finding

Impactt has been working with Top Glove, a Malaysia-based disposable glove manufacturer, to remediate forced labour in its operations. We are delighted that on 10 September 2021, this work gave US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sufficient confidence to modify its import ban on Top… Read More