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Embode 2025 Highlights

As we wrap up 2025, it has been a phenomenal year for Embode. Thank you for being part of our journey and collaborative growth. 

 

Here are our top three highlights and trends for the year: 

 

1.  Supplier Engagement: In times of limited resources, the most effective HRDD interventions are those that are targeted directly at supply chain level in context-appropriate ways. Top-down approaches are, thankfully, going out of fashion. In their stead, we are finding that leading MNCs are taking iterative and collaborative steps with supply chain partners at tiers 1 and 2. 

 
  • Ganapati Initiative: Our flagship Supplier Capability building programme goes from strength to strength. Initially established in Thailand and Malaysia, this has extended to Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. We launched a dedicated website, established a Members’ only Hub, and are finding active engagement by suppliers and high levels of satisfaction from our clients. 
 
  • Training and Learning Events: On behalf of Industry membership bodies such as AIM-Progress and Bonsucro, we have delivered dedicated supplier-focused training on grievance mechanisms, responsible recruitment, worker engagement and social dialogue across Malaysia, Thailand, India, El Salvador and Brazil with over 650 supplier participants (and counting). Our additional Learning Events have reached another 200 supplier participants globally. 

2.  Assessing Risks and Mapping Supply Chains: Despite the important role of AI and digital databases, Embode’s on-the-ground human intelligence is still unparalleled in eliciting under-estimated risks across supply chains and sectors. It remains important to limit echo chambers of existing data, whilst ensuring collective blind spots are identified in underreported or dynamic parts of supply chains. Over 2025, we continued to carry out detailed mapping on elaborate supply chains, across tiers, processes and product categories at a global scale. The level of mapping provides invaluable insights into where risks are most salient for any company, supporting an evidence-based risk prioritisation approach. We also carried out desk-based sector-wide assessments as well as dedicated supply chain consultations.

 

3. Remediation: The (missing) pillar of Remediation continues to elude corporate HRDD systems, and the BHR sector in general. Over 2025, we are supporting leading MNCs in establishing and strengthening remediation functions within their own operations, as well as in their supply chains. The fundamental key in setting up effective remediation functions is not simply focusing on ‘grievance mechanisms’, but actually setting up capable structures that know what to do when risks and allegations are raised. We also carried out direct worker consultations prompting remediative action plans and provided expert strategic advice to clients dealing with allegations and grievances.

 

In 2026, we have three key objectives: 

 

  • Supply Chain Focus: Re-double efforts in Supplier Engagement, harnessing the power of insights, relationships and context-specific understanding to improve HRDD standards inclusively. 
  • Remediation Functions: Establish a standalone Remediation Advisory service for businesses needing to respond to grievances and allegations both systemically and operationally. 
  • Rightsholder Engagement: support clients in directly engaging rightsholders and workers, through practice, facilitation as well as direct face-to-face consultations. 
 

Do get in touch to learn more about any area of our work! Meanwhile, we all wish you a well deserved restful break. 

 

See you in the new year, 

 

Aarti, and the rest of the Embode Team.

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