When a company operates in or sources from a conflict-affected area, it enters a landscape that most corporate responsibility frameworks were not designed to navigate. The obligations are real and they are multiplying. CS3D, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines… Read More
Posted by PML Africa on 11 August 2026
A multinational commissions due diligence on a potential partner. The report arrives, is circulated to the relevant team, acknowledged in an email thread and saved to a shared drive. The deal proceeds. This pattern is more common than the due diligence industry… Read More
Posted by PML Africa on 06 August 2026
Human rights auditing has become a standard feature of supply chain compliance programs. Suppliers are assessed, certificates are issued, and the results are filed as evidence that due diligence has been conducted. For many organizations, the existence of an audit certificate is treated as the end… Read More
Posted by PML Africa on 05 August 2026
Under CS3D, the EU Batteries Regulation and growing investor scrutiny, tracing a supply chain back to the point of extraction is no longer optional. For multinationals sourcing minerals from Africa, it is a legal and commercial obligation that is already in force and becoming more demanding. Read More
Posted by PML Africa on 05 August 2026
