Richard Howitt
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first heard May 2026
last heard 29 Jul
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From the German law, Chris said that the obligation of effort concept was something.
something that was unique to that but something that really did work.
Works in terms of getting due diligence to be effective, but works also uh in terms of um helping companies to un to to understand their liabilities and not to to to be frightened about them.
Uh Sarah said uh that legislation really is needed when you look at the German example driving up
uh uh due diligence management systems from 17% of companies to 98% of companies.
And she asked companies to work on some of the hard issues that are still hard for companies, including responsible purchasing and stakeholder engagement.
Sadly we have come to the end of our time on the on this uh podcast.
But thank you very much to Sarah Hechler and to Christopher Bayer for joining us today.
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Thank you again.
To Sarah, to Chris and to all of you for listening, do join us next time and goodbye.
Welcome to Frankly Speaking, the podcast on responsible business by Facbold, the European public interest law firm.
I'm Richard Howitt, and after many years leading debates on responsible business in the European Parliament, I host our discussions about the very latest developments in corporate sustainability, sustainable finance, business and human rights.
Today, the US Corporate Human Rights Index just published a new initiative to track the human rights policies and commitments of 54 major US companies across five high-risk sectors.
Their report neatly sums up the dilemma facing US companies in its title, Retreat or Respect?
Joining us to discuss this is one of the prime movers of the initiative, an old friend and an old friend of this podcast, Bennett Freeman, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour in the Clinton administration, and someone who has been behind many of the major developments in responsible business over the years, including the voluntary security principles, the corporate human rights benchmark, the Global Network Initiative, and now Business for Ukraine.
Welcome, Bennett.
And also joining us from Washington is Chloe Cole, senior researcher responsible for the initiative at the newly renamed Business and Human Rights Center.
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