Research and development project launch: DATUM

Research and Development Project Launch: Datum

DATUM is a research and development project of a collaborative multi-player locative game experience for Shopping Centres. The game aims to promote ethical consumption by supporting the re-opening of sustainable commerce. It explores and engages players in mindful consumption behaviours through small data mining activities following audio prompts on your mobile.

The Business, Human Rights and Environment Research Group, alongside Law, Emerging Tech and Science Lab (LETS Lab) is proud to exchange its knowledge and collaborate on the components required to create a mobile augmented reality (AR). Our focus is on encouraging ethical consumer behaviour through nudging the consumer part of corporate human rights due diligence and technology as a tool to modify behavioural patterns.

DATUM is created and produced by ZU-UK, body\>data\>space and University of Greenwich, with support from the Innovate UK Sustainable Innovation Fund: Round 1 (Temporary Framework) 2020. This project is partnered with CLEI – Co-creating Liveness in Embodied Immersion, BHRE and LETS Lab Research Groups at the University of Greenwich.

New Report on MSA Reporting by Local Authorities now out!

Our new report continues the research we have developed since 2015, analysing local authorities and universities’ Modern Slavery Statements under the UK Modern Slavery Act. The latest report of the BHRE on Transparency in Supply Chains Reporting is titled: "UK Modern Slavery Act Transparency in Supply Chains: Reporting by Local Authorities", BHRE Research Series. Report No. 4, September 2020 and is authored by Professor Olga Martin-Ortega and Anna Gorna with the invaluable assistance of Lucrezia Conrradi and Fatimazahra Dehi. Also available in our website.  

The report also contains an updated version of the Aide Memoire Anna and Olga prepared for the LGA and available here.

We would like to acknowledge the extremely valuable comments and support we received from Guy Head from the Local Government Association (LGA) during the drafting of this report. All errors remain ours.

Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: New Blog Posting at EJIL Talk!

Professor Olga Martin-Ortega and Dr. Claire Methven O’Brien discuss their work for the European Parliament on mandatory human rights due diligence in EJIL Talk! in the blog post Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: options of monitoring, enforcing and remedy under the future EU legislation. This piece presents our Report EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, Directorate-General for External Policies, ‘EU human rights due diligence legislation: Monitoring, enforcement and access to justice for victims’- Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation -Options for the EU: Briefing 2. (June 2020).