Social Report

TNI strives to establish and uphold ethical standards within the institute, guided by the policies and procedures in place for this. These include integrity policies covering such matters as discrimination, (sexual) harassment, fraud and corruption, whistle-blowing and complaints. Staff elect two Internal Integrity Officers, while the Board appoints an external agency to serve as an External Integrity Officer.  TNI convenes monthly staff meetings, and thus complies with Dutch regulations on employee participation.

No inappropriate behaviour, misconduct or any other breaches of TNI’s integrity policies were reported in 2024. No disciplinary procedures were required, and no complaints were received on the basis of the Complaints Policy published on the TNI website.

In 2022, TNI developed a Gender Equity and Diversity Plan published on our website. In 2024, we undertook our annual evaluation based on the indicators we monitor. We are pleased to report that women constitute more than 60% of our Supervisory Board, 50% of our Management Team, 50% of our senior staff, and 69% of our freelance research and advocacy contractors. Our fellowship remains with 43% women, but we hope to raise this proportion in the next round of appointments in 2026. We are pleased at how many women-led and feminist organisations we cooperate with, how many explicit gender-focused outputs and events we organised, and that no all-male panels have been organised in TNI’s name.

We found a healthy age spread across staff and consultants, and within the fellowship. The transnational character of TNI is reflected well among the fellowship, staff, volunteers, contractors and Supervisory Board members. In total, we have 21 nationalities within the cohort of 123 people.