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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 the paperwork to establish the Impactt Employee Ownership Trust as the majority shareholder in Impactt. This will create a sustainable ownership ... Read more

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. This is a significant achievement, given that elsewhere the pandemic has ... Read more

This week the ILO revealed its latest global estimates on child labour in a new report released ahead of World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June 2021. The number of children in child labour has grown to 160 million worldwide, an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years with millions more at risk due to the impacts of COVID-19. The report stresses that progress to end child labour ... Read more

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 Modern Slavery Act, the UK became the first country to require businesses to produce annual modern slavery statements setting out ... Read more