Results for Human Rights
Tackling modern slavery: Working with the hotel industry
April 26, 2018 As an industry where modern slavery is highly prevalent, Sian Lea discusses the role the hotel industry must play in tackling the human rights abuses that exist within their complex and multi-tiered supply chains. Read more >
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April 23, 2018- Report: Unilever, Tesco, Diageo top in Modern Slavery Act compliance study
- UK set to force companies to reveal ratio of CEO pay to workers
- Michael Bloomberg to write $4.5 million cheque for Paris Climate Agreement to cover decrease in funding from US
- Lyft says every ride will be carbon neutral with clean-air plan
- Bola Adesola, Standard Chartered – Nigeria, and Paul Polman, Unilever, appointed UN Global Compact Board Vice-Chairs
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April 06, 2018- Apple, Google, Ikea among biggest corporate advocates for climate policy
- Lendlease joins Prince Charles in effort to create Great Barrier Reef refuges
- Recruiters order Sri Lankan women to take birth control before working in the Middle East
- Google is now buying more renewable energy than it uses
- Thai businesses must act to curb human rights abuses at home and abroad, says UN
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March 29, 2018- Pharma company investors set to vote on executive pay and drug pricing
- Walmart urges Chinese suppliers to cut CO2 by 50 million tonnes per year
- Report: Mexico private security boom has increased corruption and use of force
- UK reverses opposition to tough EU recycling targets
- Facebook to limit use of data brokers for ad targeting
Confronting root causes of forced labour: promising avenues for change
March 22, 2018 Current government and industry initiatives have proved insufficient for governing labour standards. Joined-up thinking between stakeholders and a global worker movement point to a way forward, writes Genevieve LeBaron and Penelope Kyritsis. Read more >
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March 22, 2018- McDonald’s sets approved science based target to reduce emissions across supply chain
- Starbucks offers $10 million for ideas on a better cup
- UN asks Samsung to explain reports of worker “intimidation”
- Norsk Hydro apologises for toxic spill into Brazilian river
- Facebook, Twitter & Google express concern over Singapore plan to fight fake news
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March 20, 2018- BlackRock spells out what Larry Fink’s letter to CEOs meant
- Report: Amnesty International accuses Shell and Eni of negligence in cases of Nigerian oil spills
- One in seven EU companies have moved supply chain out of UK
- Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy and frees staff from secrecy orders
- Report: Environment & sustainability profession outstrips UK average for job satisfaction, pay and employment
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February 23, 2018- H&M, C&A, 3M investigate China prison labour report
- Most large UK businesses have not published their gender pay gap
- Ex-Google engineer, critical of infamous anti-diversity memo, is suing Google for firing him
- Chinese government seizes control of Anbang Insurance
- UEFA and the European Commission join forces for sustainability
Human Rights: Apple’s dilemma
February 22, 2018 Corporations have a multi-faceted role to play in advancing the human rights agenda, but to what extent should this extend to taking a stand against authoritarian regimes? Peter Truesdale writes. Read more >
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February 22, 2018- Report: Facebook’s ad revenue to be heavily impacted by new European privacy rules
- Amnesty International accuse Trump of ushering in “a new era of human rights regression”
- Florida teachers union presses state pension to sell shares in gun manufacturers
- UK Government loses latest court case on reducing air pollution
- German federal court to decide on potential ban on diesel cars in German cities