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7th Oct, 2025

5 principles to create value from circularity

Our latest report explores five principles that explain how to define the benefits of circularity, measure progress correctly and establish the concept as a business-wide...
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Insight•
27th May, 2025

In depth: Identifying the levers for change in the UK waste sector

Discover how we helped Reconomy define strategic principles to accelerate the UK’s circular economy transition.

Human Rights posts

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By Sancroft Team•
29th Jul, 2022

Climate change and human rights: Why businesses need an integrated approach to people and planet to ensure resilience

The recent extreme weather across the globe is a powerful reminder that climate change will have profound implications for people and societies, in particular the...
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By Sancroft Team•
1st Sep, 2021

Strengthening corporate accountability through the Modern Slavery Act

Since its inception in 2015, the UK Modern Slavery Act has been criticised as relying on ‘tick-box’ disclosures that lack substance and provide little consequence...
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By Sancroft Team•
30th Jun, 2021

Uyghurs, cotton, and ethics: how can fashion retailers respond?

The concerns related to ethical credentials of cotton produced in China has recently put companies across the international fashion industry into the spotlight and under...
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By Sancroft Team•
28th Jan, 2021

Abolishing modern slavery: efforts to hold businesses accountable accelerate

The issue of modern slavery has again been hitting headlines this month. This is no longer simply a moral issue – businesses are facing increasing...
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By Sancroft Team•
7th Dec, 2020

How prepared is your business for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence measures?

Businesses are increasingly being called to account for injustices occurring in their supply chains – be that forced labour in Leicester or China, to deforestation...
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By Sancroft Team•
15th Sep, 2020

The future of fashion: event recap

The fashion industry, like all others, has witnessed severe disruption as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. And the pandemic is just one of the...
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By Sancroft Team•
27th Aug, 2020

Industry Spotlight: Finance and Human Rights

Financial institutions are key players in the global sustainability agenda, and while environmental issues, such as climate change and water stress, have taken center stage,...
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By Sancroft Team•
15th Jul, 2020

Protecting communities, supply chains and investment in a COVID-19 world – lessons from current scandals

Stories of local lockdowns and COVID-19 outbreaks have stolen headlines, but increasingly the question is about whether companies are to blame, from Boohoo’s Leicester suppliers...
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By Sancroft Team•
27th May, 2020

Your quick guide to Modern Slavery Reporting during Covid-19

The UK Government has announced that firms currently working on their annual Modern Slavery Statement have a six-month extension to complete this activity, given the...
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By Sancroft Team•
25th Mar, 2020

Human Rights Impact Assessments: how to get it right

Amidst the growing consensus around the need for mandatory human rights due diligence – the requirement that businesses proactively take into account the wider impact...
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By Sancroft Team•
30th Oct, 2019

Fighting Modern Slavery: renewed momentum and growing business impact

Earlier this month was Anti-Slavery Day, and we are seeing signs of many actors – from government to industry – stepping up their actions to...
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By Sancroft Team•
12th Jul, 2019

Five key takeaways from the Government’s response to the Modern Slavery Act review

This week, the UK Government published its response to the recommendations outlined in the review of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA). The review...