Spotlight
Integrating Anti-Corruption into HRDD for Stronger Governance and Supply Chain Resilience
ORGANIZED BY
P/ PRABHAVEE
15-Sep
13:00-13:30
Meeting Room A
Corruption drives human rights abuses, including forced labour and denial of essential services. Despite growing uptake, HRDD often overlooks corruption risks. This session explores anti-corruption through a Human Rights-Based Approach, aligning HRDD and business integrity for responsible business.

Overview
Corruption is not a victimless crime. It deprives individuals and communities of essential services, economic opportunities, protection, and access to justice. This rights-based perspective demonstrates why anti-corruption must be integrated into Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD). Despite wider HRDD adoption, labour and environmental abuses persist because corruption undermines governance systems designed to protect workers and communities. Drawing on case studies, corporate practices, and data-driven insights, this session explores how bribery, falsified reporting, weak compliance, unethical recruitment, compromised procurement, unsafe workplaces, and ineffective grievance mechanisms enable human rights harms. It will present an HRDD framework and will examine how governance, policies, and tech-enabled grievance systems can strengthen accountability, risk management, and resilient supply chains.
Why it matters
The central role of Human Rights Due Diligence is shaping risk environments, and anti-corruption remains inadequately integrated into HRDD Frameworks, leaving a critical blind spot in how organisations assess and mitigate human rights risks.
Who should attend?
Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) and Responsible Business Practitioners
Corporate Sustainability & ESG Leaders
Ethics, Compliance and Anti-Corruption Professionals
Human Rights Due Diligence & Responsible Sourcing Practitioners
Procurement & Supply Chain Leaders
Government officials, regulators, and policymakers
International organizations, development agencies, and civil society organizations working on business and human rights
Researchers and academics in governance, anti-corruption, and human rights
Legal, Risk & Corporate Governance Professionals
What participants will gain
Understand how corruption and governance failures can create, enable, and conceal human rights risks.
Learn how anti-corruption measures can be integrated into Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD).
Identify actionable approaches for businesses, governments, and civil society to strengthen integrity, accountability, and access to remedy.

Anumita Sarkar
Founder, P/ PRABHAVEE

Garima Dhiman
Independent Business & Human Rights and Responsible Supply Chain Specialist

Supriya Madan
Principal, Ethics & Compliance, BT Group
