Ardea International Podcast

On this International Women's Day, we are thrilled to announce the second episode of our new podcast series, dedicated to amplifying the voices of women within the ESG space. Through this series, we aim to showcase the stories and successes of influential women from diverse sectors who are driving positive change and shaping the future of sustainable business practices. This week’s episode features a discussion between Colleen Theron, CEO of Ardea International, and Rachel Barrett, a seasoned lawyer and advisor on environmental, health and safety, and sustainability issues. Rachel discusses her expertise in sustainability regulation to corporate governance and risk management and share her deep understanding of human rights standards, making this an engaging and informative conversation. Tune in to learn more about Rachel's journey and how she's making a difference in her field. To find out more about us, go to www.ardeainternational.com

We are delighted to introduce our new podcast series, which focuses on empowering female voices within the ESG space. Over the course of this series, we will be highlighting the stories and successes of influential women across different sectors. Listeners can look forward to hearing about everyone's journeys, as well as how their endeavours have shaped impact within their fields. This week’s episode showcases a discussion between Colleen Theron, CEO of Ardea International, and Andrea Florence, Director of Sport and Rights Alliance. In this conversation, we explored her passion for addressing human rights, her career progress and reflections surrounding World Cup 2022 as well as delving into current challenges to sports and human rights on a global scale.

Each year, the International Day of Sports for Development and Peace takes place on 6 April. The day represents an opportunity to recognise the positive role sports and physical activity plays in communities and in people’s lives across the globe. In celebration of the day and the positive role of sports and its intersection with human rights, we sat down with Gordon Miller, founder & team leader at Ride For Freedom, a movement that harnesses the universal appeal of cycling to raise awareness, educate and forge partnerships to end modern slavery and provide remedy to survivors through its Freewheel programme. In this episode we discuss how sport is able to contribute to the advancement of human rights locally and globally. We further explore how sports clubs, sportspersons and other stakeholders can show a collective voice to encourage governments to pass laws to protect the vulnerable and marginalised in society, and how Ride For Freedom’s advocacy supercharges the agenda. We also hear about the impactful Ride For Freedom German Bundesliga Cycle Tour 2022 that raised awareness of modern slavery and specifically human trafficking in football. #Training: Does your organisation have to set out the steps it is taking to address modern slavery risk under the UK Modern Slavery Act reporting requirements? This training and support programme will help you adhere to your reporting requirements and de-risk your supply chain from modern slavery without extensive costs. Register here [https://www.ardeainternational.com/education/sports-sector-pilot-modern-slavery-programme/] 

Today, Tuesday 8 March 2022, is International Women’s Day, a global day which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This year’s theme is #breakthebias, a call to action for all to challenge gender bias, discrimination and stereotyping wherever it arises. In today’s launch podcast, Colleen Theron, CEO Ardea International, a tri-qualified lawyer and a champion of human and women’s rights, introduces her role and talks about how Ardea supports organisations to address business and human rights and modern slavery. Ardea International, as a niche sustainability, business and human rights business consultancy, have an innate commitment and passion to the fight against human rights abuses which is why we have published a Modern Slavery Statement in 2021 [https://www.ardeainternational.com/about/ardea-international-2021-modern-slavery-statement/]  To learn about how to integrate modern slavery risk into your procurement process and understand what is meant by 'sustainable procurement', enquire now about our upcoming course [https://www.ardeainternational.com/education/sustainable-procurement-integrating-modern-slavery-risk/].