By Kate Robinson February 2026 Image: Rural view from a train window, which doesn't look like the Eurostar Will this be the year we finally break the endless cycle of risk identification  and start delivering real social impact? Between 11-12 February, I’ll be heading to Paris to attend the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector —my first time at the Forum since founding the Outcome Gap in 2023. The past three years have been a rewarding period of learning and rapid...

By Kate Robinson, Founder/CEO February 2024 Image: Silk rolls The Outcome Gap hosted a Side Session webinar at the 2024 OECD Forum on Due DIligence in the Garments and Footwear sector . This blog gives a summary of our key takeaways. You can also watch the webinar recording below. Context It's Friday 23rd February 2024, and the long awaited EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) hangs in the balance. For how long we don't know (*just 6 days later, this is looking bleak!),...

By Kate Robinson, Founder/CEO September 2023 Image description: A lot of colourful post-it notes, waiting to be deployed I’ve had quite a few reach outs recently from tech companies developing various supply chain management or ESG risk assessment tools, which is giving me cause to reflect on the role of tech and human rights due diligence (HRDD). There is no denying it’s really fancy stuff. Blockchain, machine learning, AI. My brain can’t actually compute the potential we have to connect...