Blogs

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 Board positions within these organisations. His experience includes accountancy and financial… 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. Unfortunately, despite increasingly ‘hard’ laws and media scrutiny on the issue, the problem persists. Demand… 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

All human, all equal: reducing inequalities in the workplace to advance human rights

Today is Human Rights Day. Every year, on this date, human rights activists and people from across the world come together to honour and celebrate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Declaration was adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948. This… Read More

Resilience in testing times

We are pleased to announce the publication of our fifth annual report in our role as External Monitor to the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy in Qatar. This report highlights the Supreme Committee’s (SC) resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining comparable compliance results, year on year. Read More

A message from Rosey Hurst, Founder and Director of Impactt

When I started Impactt 25 years ago, my ambition was to put workers at the centre of our work, and I am delighted that we are now in a position to put our employees at the centre of our business. I am happy to announce that last week, we completed… Read More

Modern slavery guidance for personal protective equipment (PPE)

The COVID-19 pandemic has led both to a surge in demand for PPE, such as gowns, masks and eye protection, and an awareness of modern slavery risks in the industry. The UK is at the forefront of international action to tackle modern slavery. Under section 54 of the … Read More

10 Questions answered about the EU’s proposal to ban products made with forced labour

In a move to protect workers’ rights and tackle the issue of forced labour, the European Union (EU) has proposed new rules that would ban products made with forced labour from being sold in the EU. The proposal was announced by the Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade,… Read More