Results for Human Rights
Water for all: how to ensure we leave no one behind
August 05, 2015 Kitty van der Heijden, Director of the World Resources Institute Europe, explores the potent role of water in poverty eradication. Read more >
The world needs more moral companies
August 05, 2015 Society needs businesses who take a moral stance on the issues that matter most, argues Megan DeYoung. Read more >
Human rights: help or hindrance?
August 05, 2015 Mike Tuffrey says many people misunderstand what human rights really mean in the modern economy, and the language we use doesn’t help. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
July 21, 2015- Google worker claims her bonuses were blocked for exposing pay inequality
- A plastic road could be piloted in the Netherlands within three years
- Australia’s war on wind farms threatens biggest renewable project
- Colombia’s National Development Plan threatens to allow mining firms to operate on illegally acquired lands
- University caterers tuck in to new sustainability scheme
Daily Media Briefing
July 20, 2015- Ikea to pay UK workers more than National Living Wage in 2016
- Myanmar garment factories oppose 40-cent hourly minimum wage
- Mitsubishi Materials apologises for using US POWs as slave labour
- Climate talks advancing faster towards December deal
- Peatland emissions from oil palm conversion highly understated
Daily Media Briefing
July 03, 2015- Sustainable product revenue growing six times faster than alternatives
- Coca-Cola discloses ties with sanctioned jade industry in Myanmar
- BP set to pay largest environmental fine in US history for Gulf oil spill
- Wisconsin becomes seventh US state to ban microbeads
- Report: CO2 emissions threaten ocean crisis
Businesses must become partners in global development
July 02, 2015 Businesses will be key to achieving the new Sustainable Development Goals, writes GSK’s Clare Griffin – but only if they are open to collaboration. Read more >
Daily Media Briefing
July 01, 2015- Unilever releases first-of-its-kind Human Rights Report
- Report: Local management is key to expanding volunteering programmes globally
- China to cap rising emissions by 2030 in boost to Paris UN deal
- US and Brazil set energy goals
- Millions have gained access to safe drinking water in last 25 years
Daily Media Briefing
June 17, 2015- Nestlé cuts Africa workforce as middle class growth disappoints
- FAO launches digital platform on family farming
- Global water supplies are ‘in distress’, scientists warn
- UN expert group calls for accountability of public and private sectors
- Consumers willing to pay more for sustainable palm oil, study finds
Daily Media Briefing
June 12, 2015- Indonesia plans to phase out child labour in 7 years
- UK electric car sales accelerate; London announces sharing scheme
- EY blasts 'absurd' UK renewables policy
- Amazon’s e-books business investigated by European antitrust regulators
- Climate sceptic researcher investigated over funding from fossil fuel firms