Human rights due diligence is now part of how responsible companies operate – shaping compliance, risk, audit, legal and human resource functions alike. Enact’s Practitioners Workshop Series helps professionals across corporate functions move from awareness to action, translating expectations into practical steps that strengthen business integrity and accountability.
Drawing on our extensive experience working with companies within responsible business conduct for 20 years, we recognise the practical challenges of integrating human rights due diligence into existing systems and processes. This training is designed to cut through complexity, providing clarity, concrete guidance to help you embed human rights due diligence into your daily responsibilities, strengthening your role as a trusted professional. The course enables professionals across functions to speak a common language and develop ways of working together to address human rights risks in a structured and practical way.
For each module we build the content around requirements that are relevant to the particular function, company good practice and the knowledge required by the staff in each function.
Important note: Participation requires prior relevant knowledge in each of the respective specialisation areas. You must have a relevant academic degree or vocational training or at least 3 years of experience working in the relevant field. At the registration you will be able to input your background. Enact reserves the right to decline participation for individuals who do not meet the requirements for prior knowledge.
Specialisation areas:
Format: Online on Zoom
Duration: 3 intensive sessions per module
Period: January–May 2026
Fee: €3000 excl. VAT
Module: Compliance
Audience: Compliance professionals working in-house
Dates: 14 Jan, 4 Feb, 4 Mar 2026 | 09:00–12:00 CET
About this module:
This specialised course module is designed for Compliance professionals seeking to strengthen their role in managing human rights risks and ensuring alignment with emerging regulations and stakeholder expectations.
With a clear focus on the Compliance function, the course shows how human rights due diligence becomes a concrete part of compliance processes, corporate governance and oversight frameworks.
By the end of the workshop series, you will be equipped to anticipate regulatory developments, strengthen internal compliance systems, and enhance your contribution as a trusted compliance leader in navigating today’s complex sustainability and human rights landscape.
Agenda
01. Defining the Compliance Universe
How human rights fit into compliance
• International regulatory and voluntary frameworks
• Setting expectations beyond domestic requirements and minimums
• A risk and human-rights based approach
02. Building the Sustainability & Human Rights Foundation
How to integrate human rights into daily compliance work
• Impact identification and management
• Codes and policies: do’s and don’ts
• Compliance office roles in different contexts and alignment within organisation
03. Handling high-risk situations
What to do when risks escalate
• Crisis and escalation
• Due diligence aligned reporting channels (hotlines, whistleblowing, grievance)
• An approach to remedy
• When norms differ: national and international legal requirements
• Practical steps to ensure remedy works
The course content and session structure may be adjusted prior to the start date to reflect latest developments and best practice insights.
Seats are limited to ensure dialogue and tailored learning. Find full details and register for this module in our Calendar.
Module: Procurement & Supply Chain
Audience: Professionals working within procurement, with supplier selection or supplier management
Dates: 12 Feb, 5 Mar, 26 Mar 2026 | 09:30–12:30 CET
About this module:
This course is designed for sourcing professionals working within procurement who want clear, hands-on guidance on how to integrate sustainability and human rights into purchasing decisions and supply chain management, and implications for supplier selection and follow up.
We focus on how new regulations shape procurement practices, from setting sustainability criteria in tenders to building fair contracts and managing suppliers in both every day and high-risk situations. Case examples and practical tools provide concrete steps to integrate human rights into procurement decisions with confidence. We look at how to incorporate compliance requirements into proactive supplier strategies and responsible sourcing.
By the end of the course, you will be equipped to strengthen responsible purchasing into your procurement, enhance supplier relationships, manage risks effectively, and meet growing expectations from regulators, customers, and your company.
Agenda
01. Clarifying Expectations
Understand what human rights due diligence means for procurement
• International and regional regulatory and voluntary frameworks, heightened DD
• Turning compliance requirements into practice and action
• Customer and buyer expectations
02. Building Due Diligence into Purchasing Decisions
How to apply human rights in supplier selection and contracting
• Selection process, sustainability criteria in tenders, contracting, and supplier onboarding
• Fair allocation of obligations between buyer and suppliers
• Supplier codes of conduct, purchasing practices and pricing
03. Working with Suppliers the Right Way
Supplier relationships; from dialogue to leaving. High-risk contexts.
• Supplier mapping & impact screening
• Partnering approach vs. policing
• Monitoring, SAQs and audits: role and limits
• Using commercial leverage responsibly
• Last resort measures: suspension or termination, exit strategies
The course content and session structure may be adjusted prior to the start date to reflect latest developments and best practice insights.
Seats are limited to ensure dialogue and tailored learning. Find full details and register for this module in our Calendar.
Module: Risk
Audience: In-house professionals within Risk and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
Dates: 18 Feb, 11 Mar, 30 Mar 2026 | 13:00–16:00 CET/CEST
About this module:
This course is designed for risk professionals who want to understand how human rights due diligence connects to risk management and enterprise risk management. It shows how human rights risks differ from traditional company risks and provides practical tools for integrating them into risk assessment, controls and monitoring. Through case examples and peer discussions, participants will gain the insight and tools needed to strengthen oversight, enhance reporting, and meet growing regulatory and stakeholder expectations.
Agenda
01. Regulations that Matter for Risk
How human rights due diligence reshapes the risk function’s responsibilities
• The shifting global landscape of human rights law and regulation
• International regulatory and voluntary frameworks
• Risk and impact-based approach & heightened due diligence
02. Integrating the Risk-based Approach
How to integrate Human Rights into enterprise risk processes
• Defining, evaluating, grading and prioritising human rights risks
• How “risk appetite” is defined for human rights risks
• Aligning HRDD with existing ERM frameworks and audit planning
• Integration with ISO standards and other risk standards
03. Monitoring and Continuous Improvement
Build systems to track, assess, and update human rights risk management
• Setting meaningful KPIs and targets
• Roles of audits, internal assurance and external experts
• Setting triggers for stand-alone or reassessment for new markets, products, M&A, restructuring
The course content and session structure may be adjusted prior to the start date to reflect latest developments and best practice insights.
Seats are limited to ensure dialogue and tailored learning. Find full details and register for this module in our Calendar.
Module: Internal Audit
Audience: In-house professionals working within Internal Audit
Dates: 18 Mar, 15 Apr, 6 May 2026 | 12:00–15:00 CET/CEST
About this module:
This course is designed for internal auditors seeking to build competence in assessing human rights due diligence as part of their third line of defence mandate. It explains how due diligence and human rights considerations can be embedded in audit strategies, testing approaches and reporting processes. Through practical examples and interactive discussions, participants will learn to provide independent assurance on whether governance, risk management and internal controls adequately address human rights risks and comply with evolving regulatory requirements.
Agenda
01. Regulations that Matter for Audit
How human rights due diligence reshapes risk and audit responsibilities
• The shifting landscape of human rights law and regulation
• Auditing a risk-based approach to sustainability
• International regulatory and voluntary frameworks
02. The Role of Internal Audit
How to integrate human rights into enterprise risk processes and audit frameworks
• Competence requirements and role of auditor
• Reporting to the Auditing Committee at the Board
• Interacting with other internal controls
03. Conducting the Internal Audit
Apply human rights due diligence in practice by planning, executing and following up on an internal audit from start to finish
• Scoping and risk-based planning for audits related to human rights, targets and indicators
• Audit procedures and testing processes
• Documenting findings and ensuring effective follow-up
The course content and session structure may be adjusted prior to the start date to reflect latest developments and best practice insights.
Seats are limited to ensure dialogue and tailored learning. Find full details and register for this module in our Calendar.
Module: Legal
Audience: Legal advisors, in-house counsels, other legal professionals working in-house
Dates: 16 Apr, 7 May, 28 May 2026 | 12:00–15:00 CEST
About this module:
This specialised course is designed for in-house legal professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of human rights due diligence and growing legal expectations.
With a focus on the evolving legal landscape and practical application, the course explores the critical role of legal counsel in shaping and supporting effective due diligence strategies. Through practical case studies and tools, and discussion of common challenges, participants will gain the insights needed to confidently advise across a range of legal and operational contexts.
Strengthen your position as a trusted legal advisor by building the expertise required to navigate complex human rights challenges in today’s corporate environment.
Agenda
01. Evolving Expectations
About the shifting legal and regulatory landscape driving corporate human rights due diligence
• The shifting global landscape of human rights law and regulation
• International regulatory and voluntary frameworks
• When norms differ; national and international legal requirements
• Risk based approach and heightened DD
02. The Changing Role of In-House Legal Advisor & Counsel
How legal teams can embed due diligence into corporate structures and transactions
• Group structures & policies, codes
• JV, M&A
• Contracts: draft clauses, levers and safeguards
• Documentation, disclosure & legal exposure
03. Remedy, Legal Risk, Complaints and DD as a Legal Defence
How to integrate human rights into company governance and other business functions
• Proactive risk management strategy
• Complaints, remedy & conflict resolution
• Complicity and responsible defence strategies
The course content and session structure may be adjusted prior to the start date to reflect latest developments and best practice insights.
Seats are limited to ensure dialogue and tailored learning. Find full details and register for this module in our Calendar.
Module: Human Resources
Audience: Professionals working within Human Resources
Dates: 29 Apr, 20 May, 3 Jun 2026 | 09:30–12:30 CEST
About this module:
This course is designed for human resource (HR) professionals who want clear, practical guidance on what human rights due diligence means for people management and everyday HR practices. The training explains how emerging human rights due diligence regulations affect human resources functions and provides practical guidance on identifying, preventing and addressing human rights risks within workforce management. Through concrete examples and tools, participants will learn how to integrate due diligence into recruitment, workplace policies, employee engagement and organisational change processes.
We focus on moving from policies into practices when operating in or across multiple jurisdictions and designate much time to looking at good practice of companies. How and why integrating human rights due diligence into Human Resources is beneficial both to people strategy and business strategy. It motivates staff and makes a clear statement about how human rights are integrated into daily business practices.
By the end of the course, you will be equipped to embed human rights due diligence into HR practices, strengthen responsible business conduct and contribute to your organisation’s broader sustainability and compliance goals.
Agenda
01. Regulations that Matter for People Management
What human rights due diligence means for Human Resources and workforce practices
• Changing expectations through the evolving global landscape of human rights due diligence regulation and focus on implications for human resource functions and staff
• Identifying risky practices with own workforce that isn’t covered by law
• DD in recruitment, employee relations, compensation packages, training and professional development, code follow up, beyond compliance, performance management and workforce planning
02. Policies into Practice
Working with labour rights aligned policies and standards – and implementing them across the business
• Integrating fundamental labour rights and due diligence into human resource policies
• Work hours, living wages, health and safety, decent working conditions and more – across multiple jurisdictions
• Human rights impacts in recruitment and during employment
03. From Insight to Action
Good practice from other companies
• How others have done – minimal, compliance based or ambitious approach
• Necessary skills in-house
• A human rights-based approach to organisational change, layoffs and reorganisation
• Low hanging fruits and quick wins on how to use human resource instruments for due diligence purposes (e.g. employee surveys, complaints processes, escalation, incidents, union collaboration)
The course content and session structure may be adjusted prior to the start date to reflect latest developments and best practice insights.
Seats are limited to ensure dialogue and tailored learning. Find full details and register for this module in our Calendar.
The Practitioners Workshop Series is part of Enact’s long-term commitment to supporting companies in translating human rights due diligence from concept to practice.
Visit our Calendar to explore all modules, dates, and registration options.
For any questions, please contact: info@enact.se
