Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: An Opportunity for Workers or Big Business?

May 2025

These reflections, by Electronics Watch Executive Director Björn Claeson, seek to contribute to a stronger movement to worker-centred human rights due diligence.

How can we make sure the new generation of human rights due diligence regulations result in positive outcomes for workers in global supply chains? One step is to scrutinise the new Environmental, Social and Governance service industry that has grown quickly to satisfy regulatory requirements. It promises quick and easy solutions based on big data. But workers are marginalised in these solutions.