Business & Human Rights Advisory
Human Rights Due Diligence for SMEs and Growing Businesses
We help businesses operating across borders or complex value chains identify and prioritise human rights risks, strengthen policies and supplier processes, and build practical pathways to remedy.
Strategy with purpose. Business aligned with human rights.
Grounded in the UN Guiding Principles and OECD due diligence standards.
The Challenge
From expectations to implementation
Human rights due diligence has become a strategic responsibility for organisations operating across increasingly complex value chains.
Companies face growing expectations from customers, investors, business partners and regulators to understand how their operations and business relationships may affect people.
The challenge is no longer simply understanding international frameworks.
It is knowing what to assess, what to prioritise and how to translate those expectations into practical processes and decisions that fit the organisation.
How We Help
Supporting organisations throughout the Human Rights Due Diligence journey.
Assess
Human Rights & Supplier Due Diligence
Identify salient human rights risks across operations, business relationships and value chains.
Depending on your starting point, we may support you through a focused readiness review, Human Rights Risk Assessment, supplier risk assessment, supplier due diligence, gap analysis or a broader review of risks across the value chain.
Strengthen
Policies, Governance & Capacity Building
Effective due diligence depends on people as much as policies.
We translate assessment findings into practical human rights policies, governance arrangements, supplier processes and organisational capabilities.
We work with leadership teams, legal, procurement, HR and sustainability professionals through executive advisory, workshops and tailored training.
Remedy
Remedy & Organisational Learning
Effective grievance mechanisms are more than compliance tools.
They create opportunities to understand recurring risks, strengthen organisational responses and improve future due diligence.
We help organisations design practical pathways to remedy that build trust while transforming grievances into valuable organisational learning.
Our Approach
Beyond compliance
Human Rights Due Diligence is not an exercise in documentation.
It is a process of making better organisational decisions.
Rather than offering generic ESG advice, we help organisations translate international standards into practical implementation, meaningful stakeholder engagement and continuous organisational learning.
About Kunstalting
Crafted consulting. Grounded in practice.
Kunstalting is a boutique advisory practice specialising in Business and Human Rights.
We help organisations translate international human rights standards into practical decisions, organisational processes and meaningful implementation.
Our work combines academic rigour, strategic thinking and practical execution.
About the Founder
M. Carlota Ucín, PhD
International legal scholar, consultant and trainer specialising in Business and Human Rights.
With more than two decades of experience across academia, legal practice and judicial institutions, Carlota helps organisations bridge international standards and practical implementation.
Her work combines research, consultancy and executive education to strengthen Human Rights Due Diligence, stakeholder engagement and access to remedy.
Insights
Ideas shape better decisions.
Our Insights bring together articles, reflections and practical analysis on Human Rights Due Diligence, Supplier Due Diligence, Responsible Business Conduct and Access to Remedy.
Each article expands on ideas shared through LinkedIn, offering additional context, examples and practical considerations for organisations.
Contact
Let's start the conversation.
Whether your organisation is beginning its Human Rights Due Diligence journey or looking to strengthen existing practices, we would be pleased to discuss how we can help.
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