In this session, we'll learn how to get the most out of Companies House to answer some of the questions journalists ask themselves when investigating companies: Who owns this entity? What are its assets?

Learn from a corporate intelligence analyst how to investigate a person’s digital footprint through interactive demonstrations and case studies. Journalists can reveal valuable insights into a person’s identity by examining digital footprints.

Using case studies to guide participants through the process of tracking commodity flows through data and shipping records, this session will look at verifying claims of unsafe or inhumane conditions through analysis of social media and interviewing unions and workers’ groups, as well as using platforms such as Panjiva to identify links between factories and larger corporations and brands that profit from them.