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As pressure to extract transition minerals ramps up, meaningful engagement with mining-affected rights-holders must be a core feature of state and corporate commitments to a just energy …
Shein, ultra-fast fashion and forced labour risks: Key issues for ...
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Human Rights Due Diligence & Impact Assessment
5 days ago · As set out in the UN Guiding Principles, human rights due diligence is a process for identifying, preventing, mitigating, and accounting for human rights impacts.This includes both …
2025: A year of new challenges and opportunities for the movement
Dec 18, 2024 · Insisting human rights be at the heart of business is not for the faint-hearted. The last year has seen moments of advance and satisfaction, such as Europe’s approval of …
China: Shein factory employees work 18 hours a day with no …
Oct 16, 2022 · Part of the following timelines China: Shein's sudden rise and the hidden costs borne by workers behind cheap fashion. Chinese fast fashion retailer Shein faces controversy …
USA: Consumer group files false advertising lawsuit against …
Jan 10, 2024 · Timeline Starbucks' response to false advertising lawsuit Date: 4 Mar 2024 Content Type: Company Response; USA: Consumer group files false advertising lawsuit …
USA: Report alleges abuse of workers, including migrants, at …
Dec 10, 2024 · A new report by the University of Massachusetts Amherst in collaboration with Students for International Labor Solidarity, released in December 2024, alleges “serious and …
Vietnam: Activists dismiss Formosa’s claims of adequate …
"Activists dismiss Formosa claim of fulfilled obligations regarding spill in Vietnam", 15 October 2024. Activists have rejected a claim by Taiwan’s Formosa Group that it has fulfilled all of its …
Rush to renewables: Toward migrant worker rights and a just …
Nov 26, 2024 · Grounded in migrant workers’ experience, the report includes: A mapping of the renewable energy industry landscape across the six GCC countries, identifying the companies …
Latest from the UN Business and Human Rights Forum 2024
Nov 27, 2024 · The 13th annual UN Business and Human Rights Forum takes place from 25 to 27 November in Geneva, and is the world's largest annual gathering on business and human …