Results for Human Rights
Daily Media Briefing
January 04, 2018- “Fat Cat Thursday” – pay disparity between bosses and workers widens
- Workers held captive in Indian mills supplying Hugo Boss, Next and Mothercare
- Facebook declines to say why it deletes certain political accounts, but not others
- McDonald’s UK gives pay rise to staff in response to strikes
- Presidential palace of Chile powered by solar panels
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January 02, 2018- Time’s Up – Women from across Hollywood form movement to target systemic sexual harassment
- Apple apologises for iPhone battery performance controversy
- Silicon Valley robotics company partners with Rwandan government to deliver blood by drone
- African Development Bank challenged over financing of oil and gas projects
- Report: Australian federal government failing to meet Indigenous Peoples targets
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December 18, 2017- Corporate giants urge EU to back 35% renewables target
- Corporates set to miss zero-deforestation targets for 2020
- UK government failing in its bid to tackle modern slavery, audit report finds
- Lafarge ex-CEO denies knowing of Syria payments
- Facebook admits it poses mental health risk – but says using site more can help
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December 15, 2017- Gender pay gap data altered by companies
- National Australia Bank stops all lending for new thermal coal projects
- Report: Jewellers 'must do more' to combat potential human rights abuses
- US Labour Board reverses ruling that helped workers fight chains
- Singapore Environment Council awards first enhanced green label to Kimberly-Clark
Lessons in modern slavery – what we learned at the Trust Conference 2017
December 13, 2017 Companies including Walmart, Mondelēz and Apple spoke at the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s annual Trust Conference about their efforts to tackle modern slavery in supply chains. Read more >
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December 12, 2017- ExxonMobil bows to shareholder pressure on climate
- Surveillance firms spied on campaign groups for big companies, leak shows
- Meat tax "inevitable" as governments strive to meet Paris Agreement requirements
- Former Facebook executive: social media is ripping society apart
- Penzance hailed as UK's first 'Plastic Free' community
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December 11, 2017- Brexit progress good news for green economy, say campaigners
- World’s first human rights investigation into corporate responsibility for climate change intensifies
- London to welcome its first electric black cabs
- Workers in flexible jobs are more likely to face unwanted sexual behaviour, survey finds
- US farmers can 'switch from tobacco to stevia'
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December 08, 2017- Primark and Sports Direct named for underpaying staff
- France's war on waste makes it most food sustainable country
- Australian tax office says 36% of big firms and multinationals paid no tax
- UK pension fund body warns members on climate risk
- G-Star RAW unveils first-ever “Cradle-to-Cradle” certified denim
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December 07, 2017- UN commits to stop ocean plastic waste
- Report: environmental regulations can drive growth
- French banks stride ahead of European peers in fight against climate change
- Australia needs new watchdog to tackle slavery, parliamentary inquiry says
- Chinese ban on plastic waste imports could see UK pollution rise
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December 05, 2017- Coca Cola, Walmart among global firms joining forces for women’s equality
- Google pledges 10,000 staff to tackle extremist content
- Patagonia to sue Trump over rollback of national monuments
- Conserving forests could cut carbon emissions as much as getting rid of every car on earth
- Report finds British employers withholding billions from workers