Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise

The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) is a Canadian ombudsman that investigates ethical violations.

Activities and history
CORE was established in April 2019, with the appointment of lawyer Sheri Meyerhoffer to the office. The office investigates suspected corporate ethics and human rights violations. CORE was the successor to Canada's corporate social responsibility counsellor. It has an annual budget of $4.9 million.

By May 2023, the ombudsman was criticised for having submitted zero reports to International Trade Minister. At the time CORE was looking into fifteen matters, all of which were in the "initial assessment" phase of investigation.

In July 2023, CORE launched its first investigation into Nike Canada and Dynasty Gold Corp., accusing both of exploiting Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang. In August the same year, CORE started investigating Ralph Lauren for using a supply chain that included the use of Uyghur forced labour and stated that it was looking into accusations that mining company GobiMin did the same.