Practitioner-led human rights and environmental due diligence in conflict-affected, fragile, and high-risk jurisdictions. Anchored in Ukraine, with active mandates across Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans, and the Southern Caucasus. CSDDD-aligned. EBRD- and IFC-fluent.
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive obliges large European companies to identify and address adverse human rights and environmental impacts across their operations and value chains. Most consultancies will service this from a desk in Frankfurt or London.
That works until the value chain crosses a frontline.
Salient One operates where the regulation meets the operational reality: active conflict zones, fragile states, sanctions-exposed corridors, and reconstruction economies. We assess what is verifiable, document what is not, and translate field findings into governance the board can sign.
Built for sourcing teams, ESG committees, and DFI safeguards leads who need a defensible answer — not a glossy report.
Practitioners with first-hand experience designing and running protection operations across the European humanitarian and asylum architecture — applied to corporate compliance.
The practice is led by senior operators with eight-plus years of protection and human rights experience at UN agencies, EU institutions, and major international NGOs across active conflict zones in Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean.
Working knowledge of CSDDD, EUDR, EU Forced Labour Regulation, EBRD & IFC Performance Standards, OECD Guidelines, and the UN Guiding Principles — paired with the audit and corporate-governance literacy procurement teams require.
Every engagement produces output a board, an auditor, and a regulator can read with the same level of confidence. No marketing language, no unverifiable claims, no insulation from accountability.
Most engagements begin with a thirty-minute confidential call. We listen, we ask whether the work is a fit, and we are equally comfortable saying no.
Bring a specific operation, supplier, jurisdiction, or compliance deadline. Vague enquiries are fine too — we will tell you what we would need to scope an answer.