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She holds long-standing academic positions as Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (MPIL) Heidelberg and Professor of International Law at the University of Basel._\n\n### You were a part of the Basel Institute from the beginning. How did it all start?\n\nMy engagement with the Institute took root when I joined the University of Basel in 2001 and met Professor Mark Pieth, the Institute’s founder and former President. He was involved in establishing the [Wolfsberg Group](https:\u002F\u002Fwolfsberg-group.org\u002F), an early multi-stakeholder initiative of banks focused on developing anti-money laundering guidelines. This was a time when concepts like banking due diligence and know-your-customer were relatively unknown, and the idea of multi-stakeholder associations didn’t even exist.\n\nBecause of Mark Pieth’s personal standing as a Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Basel and as Chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, he received requests for advisory and consultancy services on problems of corruption and governance.\n\nThe Basel Institute gradually rose out of those beginnings, helped by individuals like Gemma Aiolfi and Thomas Christ, who continued to play key roles at the Institute for the next two decades.\n\nBack then we used to meet in cafés or in Mark’s office, and we just had a letterhead and a flyer describing the Basel Institute on Governance. Things became more formalised when we received seed funding from a foundation, drafted statutes and – this was the game-changer – hired Gretta Fenner in 2005. Gretta was the first paid staff member. [We miss her dearly](https:\u002F\u002Fgretta.baselgovernance.org\u002F).\n\n### What excited you about it? What did you bring from the academic world?\n\nI was young, I had energy and I liked Mark as a colleague and friend. The concept of governance was also quite new and exciting.\n\nI am a public international lawyer, not a criminal lawyer, so I had little technical expertise in corruption or money laundering. But since these crimes have clear transnational dimensions, my background in international law made sense. I was able to bring the academic perspective to the Institute’s work, later reinforced by Lucy Koechlin and [Claudia Baez Camargo](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fabout\u002Fpeople\u002Fdr-claudia-baez-camargo), who joined to lead research on public and global governance.\n\nThe association with the University of Basel was crucial. It gave structure to the original idea: providing practical advice and assistance on corruption and governance, grounded in academic research. An important aspect was financing doctoral students who would work at the Basel Institute while completing their PhDs. I supervised three such dissertations.\n\nThis academic underpinning and insistence on research and evidence is still one of the Basel Institute’s strongest points.\n\n### What other milestones and innovations do you remember?\n\nA major academic milestone was our conference on non-state actors and the resulting book, [_Non-State Actors as Standard Setters_](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fnon-state-actors-standard-setters), which was published with Cambridge University Press in 2009. The term “non-state actor” – covering the private sector as well as non-profit organisations, academia, the media and the like – was still novel. I co-edited the book with Gretta Fenner, Lucy Koechlin and our former Board colleague and social anthropologist Till Förster. It was a serious and influential publication that is still cited today.\n\nI remember us retreating for a full day to review drafts. At first the mix of different writing styles and perspectives – political science, law, social anthropology and sociology – was a bit of a shock. Then we realised the value of this interdisciplinary nature in helping to gain a holistic perspective of how non-state actors can contribute to setting governance standards in the messy world of real life.\n\nAgain, this interdisciplinary approach remains central to the Basel Institute’s current work.\n\n### How did the Basel Institute’s work expand into so many different areas – from asset recovery to conflicts of interest, to money laundering in the art market. What’s the connection?\n\nPersonal interests, reputations and networks mattered greatly. And new concepts were appearing in the international anti-corruption arena. People and governments needed help working out how to apply them in practice in different contexts.\n\nThat’s what happened with asset recovery, a concept that appeared in the 2003 UN Convention Against Corruption with the aim of depriving corrupt actors of their criminal gains. We developed a distinct workstream at the Basel Institute that soon became the [International Centre for Asset Recovery](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fasset-recovery).\n\nThe concept and practice of [Collective Action](https:\u002F\u002Fcollective-action.com\u002F) – sustained, trust-based multi-stakeholder collaboration with the private sector to address specific corruption challenges – evolved in large part thanks to our colleague Gemma Aiolfi’s tireless efforts.\n\nSimilarly, it was a personal interest that led myself and fellow board member Lukas Handschin to edit a book on [_Conflict of Interest in Global, Public and Corporate Governance_](https:\u002F\u002Fbooks.google.ch\u002Fbooks\u002Fabout\u002FConflict_of_Interest_in_Global_Public_an.html?id=NMKCIyPzyMkC&redir_esc=y) published by Cambridge University Press. It’s a topic that I was convinced was underappreciated at the time and is now, in these current times, showing its importance.\n\nWe did early work on [money laundering in the art market](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fworking-paper-12-basel-art-trade-guidelines-intermediary-report-self-regulation). Again this was a personal interest of our board member Thomas Christ that is now a key concern for not only [money laundering but sanctions evasion](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fquick-guide-29-money-laundering-and-sanctions-evasion-using-art-market).\n\nA newer area we have helped to establish internationally is [green corruption](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fgreen-corruption), i.e. applying anti-corruption and governance tools to address challenges like the mass extinction of species, biodiversity decline, the climate crisis. This is a topic that is dear to me personally and that is evolving fast.\n\nCommon to this all is how the Basel Institute applies anti-corruption and governance research and tools to different fields that really matter in the world, from business to health to environmental protection.\n\n### And human rights? How does that connect to corruption?\n\nMy interest in the intersection between corruption and human rights grew from Gretta’s involvement in several side events at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. I began thinking about legal relationships between corruption and human rights and whether, for example, states have a human rights obligation to protect citizens from corruption.\n\nI wrote a [Working Paper](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fworking-paper-20-corruption-and-human-rights) on the topic for the Basel Institute back in 2015 and later published two academic papers. You can get a short overview of the topic in this [Quick Guide to corruption and human rights](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fqg32).\n\nThe Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) references my work in a recently published [practical guide](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ohchr.org\u002Fen\u002Fdocuments\u002Ftools-and-resources\u002Fcorruption-and-human-rights-practical-guide) on corruption and human rights to which I contributed, as well as other work of the Basel Institute on [human rights in the context of asset recovery laws](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-54).\n\nIt’s great to see our scholarly work being used to underpin practical international guidance that will ultimately have impact on people’s lives.\n\n### What does the current global context mean for anti-corruption efforts and organisations like the Basel Institute?\n\nWe are in a period of profound global change. The political order is fundamentally shifting and the optimism of the 1990s is all but gone. The United States, an early driver of international anti-corruption treaties, efforts and successes, is retreating from its role. In some countries, anti-corruption laws and campaigns are misused for political purposes.\n\nEven if concepts like good governance, rule of law, human rights and democracy don’t seem to be _en vogue_ right now, they remain important. Not least because they, and corruption, are key to understanding and tackling today’s toughest challenges, from poverty and inequality to crime and conflict.\n\nSo non-profit organisations like the Basel Institute are more essential than ever, as are other non-state actors dedicated to tackling corruption and governance challenges. But it’s not easy for small organisations to survive in this rocky world, and many face their own governance challenges.\n\nThat’s why it’s good that the Basel Institute has professionalised its governance and compliance structures over the years, while keeping the sense of passion and personal conviction that characterised its early years.\n\n### Any bright side for those who care about anti-corruption and governance?\n\nOn the positive side, public awareness, opposition and global debate about corruption is far stronger than in the past. And much of international law – on travel, transportation, communication, diplomatic relations etc. – functions quietly and effectively every day.\n\nDespite how dire the current situation seems, change for the better has only ever occurred after major catastrophes. For example, the establishment of the International Criminal Court in 1998 was a direct result of the rape camps and the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia and Herzegovina.\n\nThe question is how severe crises must become and how much they must affect people directly before meaningful reform occurs. Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, for example, are slow-moving crises that still feel abstract to many.\n\n### What’s coming up for you personally?\n\nIn my research I remain focused on the big-picture development of the international legal order.\n\nI look forward to the publication in 2026 of the [_Oxford Handbook of Global Animal Law_](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mpil.de\u002Fen\u002Fpub\u002Fresearch\u002Fareas\u002Fpublic-international-law\u002Fhandbook-of-global-animal-law.cfm), which I co-edited and which seeks to authoritatively establish this fairly new field of international law.\n\nAlongside my research I continue to advise the German Foreign Affairs Department (and sometimes the Swiss, too), and will serve as an expert witness on international legal questions in a case before a domestic court.\n\nAnd, of course I will continue to follow and support what the Basel Institute is doing. The organisation and its mission remain dear to my heart.\n\nThank you, Anne Peters, for your time and for your unwavering support and guidance over so many years. 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things countries and companies must do to address illegal financial flows from environmental crimes","News","Three critical imperatives to tackle the hundreds of billions in illegal funds flowing annually from environmental crimes arose from the latest [OECD-Basel Institute virtual dialogue](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fgreen-corruption\u002Fcorrupting-environment) on 17 March.\n\n*   First, proper assessments of financial crime risks arising from environmental crimes, by governments and the private sector.\n*   Second, more proactive cooperation across sectors and countries, through public-private partnerships and similar mechanisms.\n*   Third, applying good ideas and effective tools from other areas of financial crime-fighting to the challenge of environmental crime.\n\nMost of all, everyone everywhere dealing with financial services, crime and risk needs to start working proactively together, because the challenge is tremendous. By many estimates, illegal financial flows from environmental crime surpass those of other serious and organised crimes like drugs, arms and human trafficking, which are often committed by the same actors.\n\nYes, it is a complex and fluid topic. Compared to other crimes there is less information and more grey areas where legal and illegal activity merge. Yes, there are hurdles, like differences in national laws on predicate offences and data protection. But the panellists, representing the views of both the public and the private sectors, were clear: these are not an excuse to wait and watch.\n\nEnvironmental crime remains a top [priority of the FATF](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fatf-gafi.org\u002Fmedia\u002Ffatf\u002Fdocuments\u002FGerman-Presidency-Priorities.pdf) under the current German presidency, broadening the scope from an initial focus on illegal wildlife trade (IWT) under the 2019 Chinese presidency. The risks that environmental crime poses to sustainable development everywhere are also recognised by the [G7](https:\u002F\u002Fobamawhitehouse.archives.gov\u002Fthe-press-office\u002F2015\u002F06\u002F08\u002Fg-7-leaders-declaration) and will only become more critical as the planet warms and biodiversity degrades. And the [G20](https:\u002F\u002Fobamawhitehouse.archives.gov\u002Fthe-press-office\u002F2015\u002F06\u002F08\u002Fg-7-leaders-declaration) likewise has long highlighted the role that corruption plays in facilitating the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products.\n\n### National risk assessments – a fundamental first step\n\nThe first imperative is for both the public and private sectors to properly assess financial crime risks arising from environmental crimes. This starts with incorporating the multi-faceted risks of environmental crimes in national risk assessments, which is still only rarely done. In light of many competing priorities, environmental crimes will otherwise inevitably drop down the priority lists of financial intelligence units (FIUs) and financial institutions, or even off the radars.\n\nIn Malawi, the inclusion of IWT in the [national risk assessment in 2018](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fia.gov.mw\u002Fpublications\u002FMalawi_2018_NRA_Report.pdf) unlocked the ability for the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) to launch systematic efforts to address illegal funds from such crimes. The assessment revealed that, in fact, IWT was one of the most proceeds-generating crimes in the country. Coupled with new investigative powers and efforts to build relationships and awareness among stakeholders including law enforcement, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and supporting NGOs, Malawi’s FIA has become a [leader in the fight against IWT](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fblog\u002Fwant-stop-illegal-wildlife-trade-be-more-malawi).\n\nLessons learned? FIUs may need to push proactively for environmental crimes to be included in the national risk assessment. Then, analysts need specialised training in what is, for many, a new field and particularly challenging in economies where hard-to-trace cash is king. Governments need to provide a clear division of powers and responsibilities among authorities on environmental crimes.\n\nThe other major need for FIUs is cooperation with the private sector. Here the question is: how are financial institutions working to understand and address risks related to environmental crimes?\n\n### Supporting a risk-based approach in the private sector\n\nThe answer: with some exceptions, not yet very well. In a recent [ACAMS Compliance Effectiveness and Risks Survey](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.acams.org\u002Fen\u002Fmedia\u002Fdocument\u002Facams-compliance-effectiveness-and-risks-survey), only a quarter of participating compliance professionals said their institutions were ready to flag transactions potentially linked to wildlife trafficking and other environmental crimes.\n\nSouth Africa-based Absa Group is one financial institution that is developing sophisticated data analysis, transaction monitoring and customer due diligence systems to assess and address its exposure to environmental crime-related risks. This needs high-quality intelligence on local risks related to geography, industry sectors, and customer typologies and activity. Though still in its early stages, the [United for Wildlife Financial Taskforce](https:\u002F\u002Funitedforwildlife.org\u002Fprojects\u002Ffinancial-taskforce\u002F) has been crucial in collating and providing this intelligence (including through a monthly [intelligence bulletin](https:\u002F\u002Funitedforwildlife.us7.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe?u=36bb9ba83c68595392655c2fe&id=7d2ca55dea)) as well as facilitating cooperation and knowledge-sharing regionally, internationally and across sectors.\n\nWhile the client risk profiles in (typically) source countries such as South Africa or Malawi look very different to those in financial centres such as Switzerland and Liechtenstein, there is a lot that financial sector actors at different stages of the value chain can still learn from one another.\n\n### Public-private partnerships for proactive cooperation\n\nThis is why cooperation is essential, both among the private sector and between the public and private sectors, to galvanize the potential inherent in the work of all parties who are on the right side of the fight against environmental crime.\n\nFIUs have significant analytical capabilities, as well as access to data and informal cooperation, that are currently underutilised to address environmental crime. The Egmont Group is supporting capacity building and cooperation within FIUs on environmental crimes, including through a recent [report](https:\u002F\u002Fegmontgroup.org\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Ffiledepot\u002Fexternal\u002FECOFEL%20Financial%20Investigations%20into%20Wildlife%20Crime%20Report%20Final%20.pdf), workshops and [eLearning](https:\u002F\u002Fegmontgroup.org\u002Fen\u002Fcontent\u002Fnew-ecofel-elearning-course-%E2%80%93-wildlife-crime). But without proper platforms for public-private cooperation, these efforts will achieve too little.\n\nWhy? Partly because financial institutions and other reporting entities need support and intelligence to help identify suspicious transactions relating to environmental crimes. Partly also as they are sitting on information that can be vital for law enforcement, such as mobile phone numbers that can be used to trace mobile money payments and geolocate suspects.\n\nPublic-private partnerships can also bring in the expertise and knowledge of other actors, from lawyers and accountants to logging or mining companies and NGOs. And they are a proven way to overcome legal barriers to information-sharing. In South Africa, for example, the South Africa Integrated Money Laundering Task Force ([SAMLIT](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.banking.org.za\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F12\u002FSAMLIT-Charter-Final-October-2019.pdf)) provides a legal platform for information-sharing among financial institutions and has launched a working group on IWT that integrates the United for Wildlife Financial Taskforce.\n\nCountries have a responsibility to set up and support such mechanisms, which have the potential to transform individual efforts to address illegal funds from environmental crimes into coordinated and effective action.\n\n### What can we learn from other finance-focused partnerships?\n\n[Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST)](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fastinitiative.org\u002F), a multi-stakeholder collaboration arising from the Liechtenstein Initiative, has had a transformational effect on financial sector action against modern slavery and human trafficking that can serve as inspiration and a source of practical ideas. The latest report, [_Unlocking Potential: A Blueprint for Mobilizing Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking_](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fastinitiative.org\u002Fthe-blueprint\u002F), contains five goals and an implementation toolkit through which financial sector actors can work to achieve them through individual and collective action.\n\nThere are many parallels between human trafficking and environmental crime, and much potential for mutual learning from the frameworks, tools and experiences. What could we learn from Brazil’s experience in [establishing a public “dirty list”](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.opendemocracy.net\u002Fen\u002Fbeyond-trafficking-and-slavery\u002Fleonardo-sakamoto-yes\u002F) of citizens and companies caught benefitting from modern slavery? On the policy and regulatory side, experience shows that individual and collective action by the private sector needs support from regulators to push the industry forward and maintain a level playing field.\n\nIn sum: we all need to better understand our risks and better cooperate to address them, taking inspiration and motivation from the initiatives that work. For more inspiration, [watch the full event on YouTube](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=GRjRsC2AQGs) and learn more about [Green Corruption](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fgreen-corruption).\n\n### About the event\n\nTitled _Connecting the dots: Tracing funds from environmental crimes_, the event on 17 March 2021 was part of the [Corrupting the environment](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fgreen-corruption\u002Fcorrupting-environment) event series co-hosted by the OECD and the Basel Institute’s Green Corruption team.\n\nModerated by David Lewis, Executive Secretary of the FATF, the panel featured:\n\n*   Olivier de Perregaux, CEO LGT Private Banking, Liechtenstein\n*   Werner Venter, Senior Manager, Financial Crime Intelligence Unit, Absa Group Ltd.\n*   Daniel Thelesklaf, Anti-Money Laundering \u002F Anti-Corruption Expert\n*   Atuweni Juwayeyi-Agbermodji, AML\u002FCFT Program Officer, UNODC Southern Africa; former Director General, Financial Intelligence Agency, Malawi\n\nOur next event on 14 April looks at how behavioural approaches can complement interventions to fight illegal wildlife trade and environmental crimes. 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report on responsible business and anti-corruption compliance in Southeast Asia","An illuminating new report by our OECD partners on [Responsible Business Conduct and Anti-Corruption Compliance in Southeast Asia](http:\u002F\u002Fmneguidelines.oecd.org\u002FResponsible-Business-Conduct-and-Anti-Corruption-Compliance-in-Southeast-Asia.pdf) illustrates three points we have long emphasised at the Basel Institute.\n\n*   First, how corruption, environmental, human rights and other elements of sustainable and responsible business conduct are increasingly being integrated within company-wide risk management frameworks.\n*   Second, that companies are at very different stages in terms of compliance and risk management – and that's OK. The point is to keep strengthening systems and adapting to new risks, such as those posed by covid-19.\n*   Third, the huge potential for Collective Action. Companies in the same sectors or geographical areas can help each other close weaknesses in compliance and sustainability risk management systems and thereby raise standards across the board. \n\nCollective Action will feature in the OECD's broader South East Asia Regional Outlook publication, due to be launched at the [OECD Global Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum](http:\u002F\u002Fwww.oecd.org\u002Fcorruption-integrity\u002Fforum\u002Fhome\u002F) in the week of 22 March 2021.\n\nMeanwhile, the report's authors Sofia Tirini and Leah Ambler have summarised the main findings in this short guest blog:\n\n> The OECD, in partnership with UNDP, conducted a survey and analysis to better understand how corruption and other sustainability risks affect businesses and entities in Southeast Asia.\n> \n> The aim of the project was to assess current practices companies operating in the region employ in internalising anti-corruption and business integrity issues within their policies. Additionally, the project sought to evaluate the effects of the covid-19 pandemic on anti-corruption compliance and responsible business conduct (RBC) across businesses and entities operating in the region.\n> \n> The [Responsible Business Conduct and Anti-Corruption Compliance in Southeast Asia](http:\u002F\u002Fmneguidelines.oecd.org\u002FResponsible-Business-Conduct-and-Anti-Corruption-Compliance-in-Southeast-Asia.pdf) provides inputs for recommendations that can form the basis for shared learnings across the region to support businesses in implementing RBC and business integrity standards.\n> \n> ### Scope of the survey\n> \n> Open for a total of five weeks ending on 7th July 2020, and available in six languages, the survey was shared with over 400 potential respondents across 10 countries in Southeast Asia: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. \n> \n> The survey obtained 229 responses, including multinational companies, SOEs and SMEs. The sample was well-distributed across business sizes, ownership type and business functions (production and extraction, manufacturing, services).\n> \n> The most common sectors were: consulting and professional services, education, consumer goods (manufacturing, sales and distribution), construction and engineering, agriculture and seafood production, energy.\n> \n> ### Corruption is the biggest concern\n> \n> One of the main findings that the survey showed is that being associated with corruption (58%) is the most cited risk that companies face, followed by environmental issues and transparency issues. Association with corruption can be both direct and indirect through contractors, subcontractors and business partners.\n> \n> In light of these risks, almost all respondents in the sample (95%) have a formal written policy in place setting out expectations for the management of various risks. Those without such policies are overwhelmingly micro-enterprises with fewer than 10 employees.\n> \n> The most commonly reported risk management policies are for anti-corruption, responsible business conduct and ethics. However, over a third of companies still do not have a policy explicitly addressing corruption within their company. For those companies that extend their policies to contractors, subcontractors and business partners, the majority do not cover anti-corruption. It is nevertheless encouraging to see that _many businesses take risk management seriously and have at least the beginnings of a robust set of policies_.\n> \n> ### Risk management policies\n> \n> When asked why businesses set up risk management policies or a broader risk management framework, the most common reasons are that:\n> \n> *   it is an obligation under national legislation;\n> *   it is the right thing to do for people, the planet and society;\n> *   to address the risk of reputational damage.\n> \n> National legislation or guidance seems to have the greatest influence on business risk management policies. _Doing the “right thing”_ and avoiding reputational damage are also important factors. All this points to an already _established track-record of awareness and engagement with business risks_, especially corruption, even if much of the sample is made up of businesses already exposed to the OECD’s efforts in these areas.\n> \n> ### The pandemic effect\n> \n> Considering the survey was conducted between May and July 2020, when Southeast Asian countries were in various stages of “lockdown” due to the covid-19 pandemic, it is possible that the context may have _shifted their vision and priorities regarding business risks_.\n> \n> Although over half of respondents reported increased environmental, social and\u002For governance risks during the crisis, only a third are planning to make changes to their business integrity and\u002For RBC framework to reduce the impact of covid-19. An additional quarter of respondents report that they are _unsure whether they will be making changes_.\n> \n> ### Upcoming report: South East Asia Regional Outlook\n> \n> A larger version of the report will be published by the OECD containing more interesting findings on anti-corruption risks and challenges in South East Asia. In this broader publication, the OECD will provide information on other issues such as gender policies, risk areas for businesses and the impact of technology among others.\n> \n> The “South East Asia Regional Outlook” is expected to be launched in 2021 in the framework of the Global Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum.","2021-01-07",[849,1030],"Private Sector","oecd-blog-new-report-on-responsible-business-and-anti-corruption-compliance-in-southeast-asia-1955",[1033,1034],"Research","Reports",1955,[849,1030],[1033,1034],[915,849],{"id":1040,"storage":49,"filename_disk":1041,"filename_download":781,"title":1026,"type":782,"created_on":1042,"modified_on":1042,"charset":16,"filesize":1043,"width":921,"height":1044,"duration":16,"embed":16,"description":16,"location":16,"tags":16,"metadata":1045,"focal_point_x":16,"focal_point_y":16,"tus_id":16,"tus_data":16,"uploaded_on":1042},"53ac0add-e7dd-4e2c-b0c4-76ae92208d35","53ac0add-e7dd-4e2c-b0c4-76ae92208d35.webp","2025-05-12T21:18:53.000Z",37592,754,{},[],[1048,1067,1081,1097,1113],{"id":1049,"news_id":1050,"tags_id":1066},5245,{"id":1024,"status":15,"user_created":63,"date_created":1025,"user_updated":929,"date_updated":900,"title":1026,"type":768,"body":1027,"image":1040,"date":1028,"topic":1051,"slug":1031,"activity":1052,"nid":1035,"topics":1053,"activities":1054,"programme":16,"area":16,"websites":1055,"translation_of":16,"language":16,"countries":1056,"tags":1057,"authors":1062,"images":1063,"translations":1064,"content":1065},[849,1030],[1033,1034],[849,1030],[1033,1034],[915,849],[],[1049,1058,1059,1060,1061],5248,5851,5852,5853,[],[],[],[],{"id":1003,"name":1004},{"id":1058,"news_id":1068,"tags_id":1080},{"id":1024,"status":15,"user_created":63,"date_created":1025,"user_updated":929,"date_updated":900,"title":1026,"type":768,"body":1027,"image":1040,"date":1028,"topic":1069,"slug":1031,"activity":1070,"nid":1035,"topics":1071,"activities":1072,"programme":16,"area":16,"websites":1073,"translation_of":16,"language":16,"countries":1074,"tags":1075,"authors":1076,"images":1077,"translations":1078,"content":1079},[849,1030],[1033,1034],[849,1030],[1033,1034],[915,849],[],[1049,1058,1059,1060,1061],[],[],[],[],{"id":4,"name":5},{"id":1059,"news_id":1082,"tags_id":1094},{"id":1024,"status":15,"user_created":63,"date_created":1025,"user_updated":929,"date_updated":900,"title":1026,"type":768,"body":1027,"image":1040,"date":1028,"topic":1083,"slug":1031,"activity":1084,"nid":1035,"topics":1085,"activities":1086,"programme":16,"area":16,"websites":1087,"translation_of":16,"language":16,"countries":1088,"tags":1089,"authors":1090,"images":1091,"translations":1092,"content":1093},[849,1030],[1033,1034],[849,1030],[1033,1034],[915,849],[],[1049,1058,1059,1060,1061],[],[],[],[],{"id":1095,"name":1096},830,"Business integrity",{"id":1060,"news_id":1098,"tags_id":1110},{"id":1024,"status":15,"user_created":63,"date_created":1025,"user_updated":929,"date_updated":900,"title":1026,"type":768,"body":1027,"image":1040,"date":1028,"topic":1099,"slug":1031,"activity":1100,"nid":1035,"topics":1101,"activities":1102,"programme":16,"area":16,"websites":1103,"translation_of":16,"language":16,"countries":1104,"tags":1105,"authors":1106,"images":1107,"translations":1108,"content":1109},[849,1030],[1033,1034],[849,1030],[1033,1034],[915,849],[],[1049,1058,1059,1060,1061],[],[],[],[],{"id":1111,"name":1112},1380,"Sustainability",{"id":1061,"news_id":1114,"tags_id":1126},{"id":1024,"status":15,"user_created":63,"date_created":1025,"user_updated":929,"date_updated":900,"title":1026,"type":768,"body":1027,"image":1040,"date":1028,"topic":1115,"slug":1031,"activity":1116,"nid":1035,"topics":1117,"activities":1118,"programme":16,"area":16,"websites":1119,"translation_of":16,"language":16,"countries":1120,"tags":1121,"authors":1122,"images":1123,"translations":1124,"content":1125},[849,1030],[1033,1034],[849,1030],[1033,1034],[915,849],[],[1049,1058,1059,1060,1061],[],[],[],[],{"id":1127,"name":1128},1381,"Health",[],[],[],[],{"id":1134,"status":15,"date_created":1135,"date_updated":900,"title":1136,"type":902,"body":1137,"date":1138,"topic":1139,"slug":1140,"activity":1141,"nid":1143,"topics":1144,"activities":1145,"programme":16,"area":16,"websites":1146,"language":16,"image":1147,"translation_of":16,"countries":1154,"tags":1155,"authors":1186,"images":1187,"translations":1188,"content":1189},9636,"2022-05-26T22:53:36.000Z","Unpicking the vicious triangle of corruption, illicit trade and environmental degradation at the OECD\u002FBasel Institute dialogue series","Business, conservation, anti-corruption, global trade, compliance and risk management. International law, organised crime enforcement, standard-setting, political economy analysis and social norms. The inaugural [Corrupting the Environment](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fgreen-corruption\u002Fcorrupting-environment) dialogue used all these lenses to examine the “vicious triangle” that undermines sustainable development: corruption, illicit trade and environmental degradation.\n\nTaking place virtually on 9 December 2020, International Anti-Corruption Day, the event launched a new dialogue series organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and Basel Institute on Governance. The monthly dialogues will bring together different perspectives on burning issues of environmental degradation, seeking creative solutions through the lens of financial crime and illicit trade.\n\n### Driving change in global supply chains\n\nOpening the session, Cristina Tebar Less, Acting Head of the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct, highlighted the OECD’s [Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises](http:\u002F\u002Fmneguidelines.oecd.org\u002Fabout.htm) and [OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct](http:\u002F\u002Fmneguidelines.oecd.org\u002Fdue-diligence-guidance-for-responsible-business-conduct.htm), the recognised gold standard for corporate due diligence covering human and labour rights, environmental degradation and bribery in international supply chains.\n\nThe OECD’s standards and tools are designed to help shape national policies and enforcement tools, she said, but also to help companies “actively engage their own supply chains and become drivers of change.”\n\nTebar Less noted that covid-19 had exposed the systemic risks and vulnerabilities in global supply chains. And as has been widely documented but is still not widely understood, corruption is a key factor in explaining why and how organised criminals around the world are increasingly able to exploit the environment for their illicit activities.\n\nThese issues require a solutions-oriented mindset and engagement between stakeholders on all sides, including business, governments, non-profit and civil society organisations, as well as subject matter experts.\n\n### Corruption: the headline, not a footnote\n\nMark Pieth, President of the Basel Institute on Governance and former Chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, stressed the cross-cutting nature of corruption. “It devastates entire societies, destroys natural environments, endangers wildlife and biodiversity, and undermines sustainable and equitable development,” he said. “It should not be treated merely as a footnote of criminal law or an aspect of unfair competition.”\n\nGiving the example of illegal gold mining and related deforestation and human rights violations in [Suriname](https:\u002F\u002Fnews.mongabay.com\u002F2015\u002F10\u002Fgold-mining-explodes-in-suriname-puts-forests-and-people-at-risk\u002F), he pointed out that complex global supply chains make it easy for illegally obtained natural resources to enter legal markets. The logic behind the Basel Institute’s [Green Corruption](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fgreen-corruption) programme is to follow the money trail, said Pieth, and target the corruption and other forms of financial crime that facilitate environmental degradation.\n\n### Different dialects of corruption\n\nElizabeth Hart of WWF US, Chief of Party for the USAID Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) project, brought her perspective as an expert at the intersection of anti-corruption, governance and conservation.\n\nUnderlining how corruption undermines global and national measures to promote sustainability and protect biodiversity, she explained why the conservation community is and should be engaged on issues of corruption. Along with questions of how illegally harvested goods enter legal supply chains, for example, conservation objectives are deeply affected by policy choices at many other levels. Whether building a hydroelectric dam or granting a logging concession, when systemic corruption influences decisions that can destroy habitats and devastate indigenous communities and the very people who are critical to conservation, it becomes clear that environmental corruption should be seen as a political, policy, and management issue and not just a topic for law enforcement and trade regulators.\n\nAnalysing the political, economic and social dynamics that perpetuate corruption and undermine environmental goals has not been the traditional strength of conservation organisations, so the TNRC project was conceived to bring knowledge about corruption and anti-corruption approaches more squarely into the conservation and natural resource management context. Initial studies on corruption risks in illegal wildlife trade, permitting and CITES documentation processes, along with themes like political economy and political ecology, is available on the [TNRC Knowledge Hub](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.worldwildlife.org\u002Fpages\u002Ftnrc-targeting-natural-resource-corruption).\n\nAmong other outcomes, the project has helped illuminate how anti-corruption and conservation practitioners need to understand each other better, said Dr Hart. Some of us use “corruption” to mean “the abuse of entrusted power for private gain,” while others may be referring to human rights violations, equity and social justice, or even greenwashing. Being aware of the different understandings will help conservation and anti-corruption practitioners work together more effectively and expand the set of tools to combat both corruption and environmental degradation. It may also open new possibilities for partnerships between people promoting environmental protection or human rights and those looking at democracy, justice, equity and other issues that impact sustainable development.\n\nAs Basel Institute Managing Director Gretta Fenner, co-facilitator of the panel alongside Piotr Stryszowski of the OECD’s Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade, said: Even if we all have the same ultimate goal and are speaking the same underlying language, we use different dialects. That’s why the multi-disciplinary – as well as multi-stakeholder – aspect is vital.\n\n### The “elusive and omnipresent enemy”\n\nJorge Eduardo Rios, Chief of the Global Programme to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crime at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), brings 27 years of experience targeting organised drug trafficking to the field of environmental crimes.\n\nCorruption is the “elusive and omnipresent enemy” that is the principle facilitator of both drug trafficking and environmental crime, he said. In essence, it helps the criminals to maximise profits and evade detection. He noted that environmental and natural resources crimes are a large and growing source of finance for organised criminal activities, impacting economic and social aspects as well as national security and most recently, human health as demonstrated by the current COVID-19 pandemic.\n\nAlmost universally ratified, the United National Convention Against Corruption ([UNCAC](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unodc.org\u002Fdocuments\u002Fbrussels\u002FUN_Convention_Against_Corruption.pdf)) explicitly recognises crimes against the environment in its [Resolution 8\u002F12](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unodc.org\u002Funodc\u002Fen\u002Fcorruption\u002FCOSP\u002Fsession8-resolutions.html) passed at the 2019 Conference of the States Parties in Abu Dhabi. Applying the force of international law through the UNCAC and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime ([UNTOC](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unodc.org\u002Fdocuments\u002Ftreaties\u002FUNTOC\u002FPublications\u002FTOC%20Convention\u002FTOCebook-e.pdf)) provides a framework for strengthening the entire criminal justice chain – from “crime scene to court” and from source to destination countries.\n\nCountries can implement numerous preventive measures in line with Chapter II of the UNCAC, explained Jorge Eduardo Rios. These include a risk-based approach to identify corruption threats within wildlife and fisheries authorities and establish protocols for high-risk areas like procurement and human resources. Echoing the earlier comments on differences in language and meaning, he stressed that it is also vital to understand the social norms around corruption and the mechanisms that enable it. What law enforcement regards as corruption might be considered routine in another context, and these small routine acts can add up to devastating impacts.\n\nLastly, he stressed, we shouldn’t put all our eggs in the prevention basket. Helping to build capacity to conduct financial investigations in cases of environmental and natural resources crime is an aspect that’s sorely needed.\n\nRelevant tools include guides on addressing corruption in the fisheries sector ([Rotten Fish](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unodc.org\u002Fdocuments\u002FRotten_Fish.pdf)) and on addressing corruption for wildlife management authorities ([Scaling back Corruption](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unodc.org\u002Fdocuments\u002FWildlife\u002F19-08373_Scaling_Back_Corruption_ebook.pdf)). Complementing the series, a publication on corruption in the forestry sector is currently under development. Additional UNODC tools can be found [here](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unodc.org\u002Funodc\u002Fen\u002Fwildlife-and-forest-crime\u002Fpublications.html).\n\n### Going beyond legal compliance to meet investor and consumer expectations\n\nBringing the business perspective to the table was Christopher Wright, Senior Vice President for Compliance at Lafarge Holcim. The Swiss multinational has the largest geographical footprint in the building materials sector, with 2,000 sites in 70 countries. Environmental issues such as water use, biodiversity and of course climate change present a very real and present challenge.\n\nLafarge Holcim has taken the [Business Ambition for 1.5°C pledge](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lafargeholcim.com\u002Flafargeholcim-net-zero-pledge-science-based-targets) to follow a net zero pathway with science-based targets for carbon emissions reductions by 2030, and has launched the industry’s first [sustainability-linked bond](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lafargeholcim.com\u002Ffirst-sustainability-linked-bond-eur-850-million). Its two-pronged approach encompasses _active promotion_ of better building in the environmental space (such as to reduce water usage and carbon emissions) and _active prevention_ to protect the environment.\n\nWright explained how anti-corruption compliance and environmental protection converged in many areas, including the key risk area of obtaining permits and licences. Environmental issues are central to the overall Lafarge Holcim compliance programme, which covers not only anti-corruption but also anti-money laundering, sanctions and due diligence on business partners, customers and suppliers.\n\nIn this respect, he noted a growing convergence between legal requirements on compliance and the wider expectations from investors and communities on corporate behaviour. These reputational and financial aspects are driving companies to go beyond legal necessities, said Wright, and to proactively embrace environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.\n\nIs there room for the building materials industry to act collectively with other stakeholders to solve some of these issues? “An emphatic yes,” said Wright.\n\nSee the [Corrupting the Environment series web page](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fgreen-corruption\u002Fcorrupting-environment).","2021-01-06",[906],"unpicking-the-vicious-triangle-of-corruption-illicit-trade-and-environmental-degradation-at-the-oecdbasel-institute-dialogue-series-1953",[909,774,910,1142],"Partnerships",1953,[906],[909,774,910,1142],[915],{"id":1148,"storage":49,"filename_disk":1149,"filename_download":781,"title":1136,"type":782,"created_on":1150,"modified_on":1150,"charset":16,"filesize":1151,"width":921,"height":1152,"duration":16,"embed":16,"description":16,"location":16,"tags":16,"metadata":1153,"focal_point_x":16,"focal_point_y":16,"tus_id":16,"tus_data":16,"uploaded_on":1150},"7438dfb5-b04a-4ee5-8c6f-b2acd92f0275","7438dfb5-b04a-4ee5-8c6f-b2acd92f0275.webp","2025-05-12T21:18:56.000Z",51462,828,{},[],[1156,1172],{"id":1157,"news_id":1158,"tags_id":1171},5252,{"id":1134,"status":15,"user_created":63,"date_created":1135,"user_updated":929,"date_updated":900,"title":1136,"type":902,"body":1137,"image":1148,"date":1138,"topic":1159,"slug":1140,"activity":1160,"nid":1143,"topics":1161,"activities":1162,"programme":16,"area":16,"websites":1163,"translation_of":16,"language":16,"countries":1164,"tags":1165,"authors":1167,"images":1168,"translations":1169,"content":1170},[906],[909,774,910,1142],[906],[909,774,910,1142],[915],[],[1157,1166],5855,[],[],[],[],{"id":4,"name":5},{"id":1166,"news_id":1173,"tags_id":1185},{"id":1134,"status":15,"user_created":63,"date_created":1135,"user_updated":929,"date_updated":900,"title":1136,"type":902,"body":1137,"image":1148,"date":1138,"topic":1174,"slug":1140,"activity":1175,"nid":1143,"topics":1176,"activities":1177,"programme":16,"area":16,"websites":1178,"translation_of":16,"language":16,"countries":1179,"tags":1180,"authors":1181,"images":1182,"translations":1183,"content":1184},[906],[909,774,910,1142],[906],[909,774,910,1142],[915],[],[1157,1166],[],[],[],[],{"id":1111,"name":1112},[],[],[],[],{"id":1191,"status":15,"date_created":1192,"date_updated":900,"title":1193,"type":902,"body":1194,"date":1195,"topic":1196,"slug":1197,"activity":1198,"nid":1199,"topics":1200,"activities":1201,"programme":16,"area":16,"websites":1202,"language":16,"image":1203,"translation_of":16,"countries":1210,"tags":1211,"authors":1242,"images":1243,"translations":1244,"content":1245},9717,"2022-05-26T22:54:43.000Z","Connecting corruption and human rights compliance in a UN Global Compact virtual dialogue, 8 July","Gemma Aiolfi, Head of Compliance and Collective Action, will explore some thorny areas of anti-corruption and human rights risk assessment and compliance during a forthcoming virtual “pre-evening dialogue” of the UN Global Compact Network in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.\n\nThe focus is on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with limited resources to address due diligence, and more broadly compliance risks. The topic, though, is relevant to all companies who need to address both corruption and human rights risks in their international business operations.\n\n### Connecting compliance\n\nFaced with pressure from regulators, investors and consumers, companies are investing significantly in compliance programmes to prevent bribery and – separately – to safeguard human rights.\n\nOften addressed as two distinct topics, anti-corruption and human rights compliance overlap. Finding synergies leads to a big opportunity, especially for SMEs, to be more effective and efficient in their risk assessments.\n\n### Synergies for SMEs\n\nDuring the virtual event, Gemma Aiolfi will cover recent legal and regulatory developments in human rights in various countries, including Switzerland. The aim is to allow participating SMEs the opportunity to explore synergies between mitigating the risks of corruption and managing their human rights risks.\n\nThe webinar topic ties in with the Basel Institute’s [newly launched project](\u002Fnode\u002F1875) to help companies join the dots between anti-corruption and human rights compliance.\n\nThe project is one of three pillars in a wider Collective Action programme [supported by the Siemens Integrity Initiative](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Fbasel-institute-pursues-new-collective-action-project-renewed-funding-siemens-integrity) Third Funding Round.\n\n### Find out more\n\n*   The webinar will take place on 8 July 2020 at 17:00 (local time in Switzerland).\n*   Pre-evening dialogues of the UN Global Compact Network Switzerland and Liechtenstein are open to all GCNSL members as well as interested new members.\n*   SMEs doing business in countries eligible for development aid can apply for free tailored guidance from the Basel Institute on anti-corruption compliance and Collective Action until the end of July. The services are funded by the UK Business Integrity Initiative, which also covers guidance on human rights compliance. [Find out more](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fcompliance\u002Fsme-guidance-services).\n*   For more details about our work on anti-corruption and human rights compliance, contact [Vanessa Hans](mailto:vanessa.hans@baselgovernance.org).","2020-06-26",[849,5,1030],"connecting-corruption-and-human-rights-compliance-in-a-un-global-compact-virtual-dialogue-8-july-1786",[909],1786,[849,5,1030],[909],[915,849],{"id":1204,"storage":49,"filename_disk":1205,"filename_download":781,"title":1193,"type":782,"created_on":1206,"modified_on":1206,"charset":16,"filesize":1207,"width":921,"height":1208,"duration":16,"embed":16,"description":16,"location":16,"tags":16,"metadata":1209,"focal_point_x":16,"focal_point_y":16,"tus_id":16,"tus_data":16,"uploaded_on":1206},"89c49691-5b34-414a-8421-91f862a46e19","89c49691-5b34-414a-8421-91f862a46e19.webp","2025-05-12T21:20:13.000Z",49592,733,{},[],[1212,1228],{"id":1213,"news_id":1214,"tags_id":1227},5328,{"id":1191,"status":15,"user_created":63,"date_created":1192,"user_updated":929,"date_updated":900,"title":1193,"type":902,"body":1194,"image":1204,"date":1195,"topic":1215,"slug":1197,"activity":1216,"nid":1199,"topics":1217,"activities":1218,"programme":16,"area":16,"websites":1219,"translation_of":16,"language":16,"countries":1220,"tags":1221,"authors":1223,"images":1224,"translations":1225,"content":1226},[849,5,1030],[909],[849,5,1030],[909],[915,849],[],[1213,1222],5896,[],[],[],[],{"id":4,"name":5},{"id":1222,"news_id":1229,"tags_id":1241},{"id":1191,"status":15,"user_created":63,"date_created":1192,"user_updated":929,"date_updated":900,"title":1193,"type":902,"body":1194,"image":1204,"date":1195,"topic":1230,"slug":1197,"activity":1231,"nid":1199,"topics":1232,"activities":1233,"programme":16,"area":16,"websites":1234,"translation_of":16,"language":16,"countries":1235,"tags":1236,"authors":1237,"images":1238,"translations":1239,"content":1240},[849,5,1030],[909],[849,5,1030],[909],[915,849],[],[1213,1222],[],[],[],[],{"id":1003,"name":1004},[],[],[],[],7,1780676638369]