Before investment or expansion
Understand relevant labour and community risks before committing to a location, construction arrangement, recruitment channel or acquisition.
For Chinese companies operating globally
Integrated Business & Human Rights Risk Prevention Services
Practical support for responsible overseas operations.
We help Chinese companies identify human rights risks, strengthen operational controls and respond to concerns with credible evidence. We connect headquarters, overseas teams and relevant specialists around the decisions that need to be made and the people who may be affected.
Your operating context
Start with the decision in front of you
Support for management, ESG, compliance, legal, procurement, human resources and operational teams working across China and overseas markets.
Business and human rights questions often cross organisational boundaries. A recruitment decision, contractor arrangement or customer request may involve several entities and countries. We help connect those responsibilities so that findings inform business decisions, corrective action and appropriate communication.
During operations
Address gaps across suppliers, contractors, recruitment, employment, occupational safety and health, and community relationships.
When concerns or requests arise
Clarify the facts behind a complaint, external report or customer enquiry, and organise proportionate action and a substantiated response.
Through business change
Maintain responsibility for unresolved issues during supplier replacement, restructuring, acquisition, project closure or changes in personnel.
Six connected service areas
Connect risk insight with operational action
Select the support your situation requires. Services can be commissioned individually or combined around an agreed objective. Depending on the scope, deliverables may include the examples below.
Risk intelligence
Understand what needs attention
Risk intelligence and early warning
Assess relevant public information, changing requirements and stakeholder concerns against your agreed markets, entities and activities. Distinguish established facts, allegations and unresolved questions to help teams focus their response.
Example deliverables Issue briefings, relevant requirements summaries and prioritised recommendations. Ongoing monitoring is scoped to agreed coverage and frequency.
Due diligence
Make an informed business decision
Human rights due diligence and decision support
Assess existing arrangements and potential impacts on workers and communities, identify material gaps and develop practical options. The assessment reflects the decision, available information and access conditions.
Example deliverables A defined baseline, a prioritised improvement plan and a management briefing on options, conditions and outstanding questions.
Operational governance
Put responsible practices into operations
Supplier, recruitment and labour governance
Strengthen how procurement, recruitment, contracting and site management handle human rights risks. Support extends to contractors and labour intermediaries, as well as direct employees, including corrective action and continuity when business relationships change.
Example deliverables Recommendations for relevant procedures and responsibilities, an implementation plan and follow-up on agreed improvements.
Explore supplier & labour chain HRDD →Engagement and remedy
Understand concerns and address harm
Stakeholder engagement, grievance and remedy
Support meaningful engagement with workers and communities, improve access to grievance processes and help organise appropriate corrective and remedial action. Engagement respects lawful representation, voluntary participation and protection from retaliation.
Example deliverables An engagement or mechanism improvement plan, support for agreed remedial actions and progress reporting.
Evidence and responses
Explain your position accurately
Evidence readiness and external responses
Assess available records, identify evidence gaps and prepare clear factual responses to customers, lenders and other relevant parties. For formal procedures, we provide factual and coordination support alongside appropriately qualified legal advisers.
Example deliverables An evidence readiness review, a prioritised information plan and response materials reflecting substantiated progress and outstanding issues.
Team capability
Build ownership within your teams
Capability building and ongoing support
Combine practical learning with support on relevant business tasks. Help headquarters and overseas staff understand responsibilities, apply procedures and recognise when specialist input is needed.
Example deliverables Role-specific learning, supported implementation and reviews of agreed capabilities. Continuing support has a defined scope and availability.
The proposal specifies deliverables, depth, languages, responsibilities, resources, timing and review arrangements for each engagement.
People affected by the business
Worker protection and community impacts are part of the service
Human rights risks extend across working conditions, occupational safety and health, recruitment, grievance handling and impacts on local communities. We help connect these issues with the teams that control budgets, contracts and operations.
Where an assignment requires legal, engineering, occupational health, environmental or other specialist judgement, the relevant work is assigned to appropriately qualified providers under agreed arrangements. Assessment and action remain specific to the project and its context.
Ways to engage
Choose a practical starting point
Begin with your priorities and what is already in place. Effective existing systems, professional reports and advisers can be incorporated into the work.
Focused advisory
A defined issue, upcoming decision or external request. Suitable when management needs a clear assessment and a proportionate course of action.
Implementation support
A scoped programme to improve selected practices, support remediation or strengthen a particular operation. Responsibilities, deliverables and review points are agreed at the outset.
Ongoing support
Continuing risk monitoring, periodic review or team support within an agreed remit. Coverage, resources and response arrangements are specified for the engagement.
Scope and fees reflect the assignment, information availability, locations, languages and specialist input required. Any extension of the engagement is agreed separately.
Our approach
Clear responsibilities and careful handling of information
Professional boundaries
Advisory support, legal representation, independent verification and the roles of worker or community representatives remain distinct. Conflicts of interest are assessed before work is accepted and when circumstances change.
Responsible information use
Confidentiality, permitted uses and access arrangements are agreed before sensitive material is shared. Client information, personal data and third-party materials are handled within the applicable permissions and requirements.
Evidence-based communication
Allegations, verified facts and analysis are distinguished. Progress is described within its supported scope. Advice and support do not confer certification or guarantee a regulatory, judicial or commercial outcome.
Before we begin
Questions about the service
Do we need to commission all six services?
No. Start with the decision, concern or capability gap that matters most. The engagement can remain focused or expand by agreement as needs become clearer.
Can you work with our existing advisers and systems?
Yes. We assess what can be used and where additional work would add value. Responsibilities and information-sharing arrangements are agreed with the relevant parties. Legal advice, technical opinions and independent assurance remain within the relevant professional mandates.
Is this only for companies facing a serious allegation?
No. Support can begin before investment or expansion, during ordinary operations, or when a particular concern arises. Earlier work can help teams consider options while decisions are still open.
How are independent channels and representatives involved?
Workers, communities and their representatives retain their own roles and choices. Any independent grievance channel, specialist review or assurance role requires separate arrangements appropriate to the assignment. Paying for advisory support does not control another party's findings or decisions.
How are confidential information and intellectual property handled?
Before work starts, we agree information access, confidentiality, permitted uses and rights to deliverables. Pre-existing materials and third-party content remain subject to the relevant rights, licences and attribution requirements. Public communications use authorised content.
What should we share for an initial discussion?
A brief description of your business, relevant country or market, the issue or decision, and any deadline. Please wait until appropriate information-handling arrangements are agreed before sending sensitive personal information or confidential case materials.
Discuss a suitable scope
Start with your priorities
Tell us what you are planning, what has changed or what your team needs to address. We will discuss an appropriate starting point and the scope of support.
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