Human rights

type: Submission
date: 09/06/22

Submission on Modern Slavery

Submission on Modern Slavery

IoD has submitted on MBIE’s set of proposals to help prevent modern slavery and worker exploitation.

ESG
Human rights
Supply chains

type: Policy and bills
date: 05/05/21

Addressing temporary migrant worker exploitation

Addressing temporary migrant worker exploitation

The government has announced a number of policy and operational changes aimed at reducing the exploitation of temporary migrant workers.

type: Boardroom magazine
date: 31/03/23

Modern slavery exists, but where?

Modern slavery exists, but where?

Modern boards need to govern faster than the speed of change. Unlocking digital board agility will be crucial to future success.

type: Boardroom magazine
date: 29/09/23

Facing up to human rights risk

Facing up to human rights risk

In a complex geopolitical environment, boards must ensure an appropriate oversight of practices that have an impact on human rights.

type: Finance
date: 16/05/25

Dentons

Pay equity reform – reducing cost or reducing equality?

Pay equity reform – reducing cost or reducing equality?

What actually changed with reforms to the Equal Pay Act? Dentons’ legal experts explain.

type: Director duties
date: 19/11/24

Staying true to our values

Staying true to our values

Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo says in continuing to do business with the US we need to be clear about our values.

Human rights
Leadership
Supply chains

type: Director duties
date: 04/10/23

Author says sufficient due diligence needed to do business in China

Author says sufficient due diligence needed to do business in China

New bookThe China Tightrope sets out the faultlines that NZ businesses will need to navigate.

Due diligence
Human rights
Supply chains

type: Sectors & perspectives
date: 15/02/22

Creating space for possibility

Creating space for possibility

‘Access citizens’ – the term used by the Global Centre for Possibility to describe those from the disability community – are often seen…

Diversity & inclusion
Human rights

type: Sectors & perspectives
date: 15/02/22

Paula Tesoriero: "Our society discriminates against a million people in Aotearoa"

Paula Tesoriero: "Our society discriminates against a million people in Aotearoa...

Moral issues businesses and boards should consider around access and disability.

Diversity & inclusion
Human rights

type: Boardroom magazine
date: 17/12/21

The test of pandemic preparedness

The test of pandemic preparedness

Without global change, the experience of the past 18 months is likely to be repeated.

Crisis management
Human rights

type: Boardroom magazine
date: 17/12/21

Accountable human rights

Accountable human rights

Courts in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have sent shockwaves across the business world.

ESG
Human rights

type: Boardroom magazine
date: 28/06/21

Have you counted your slaves?

Have you counted your slaves?

New Zealand households spend more than $30 per week on products implicated in modern slavery.

Human rights
Supply chains
Trade

type: Director duties
date: 01/06/21

Ignorance is no defence for modern slavery

Ignorance is no defence for modern slavery

Questions around Gloriavale’s honey production business highlight the legal and moral risks that modern slavery raises for directors.

ESG
Human rights
Reporting