Trade, Aid and Fashion – Can We Make Fashion Fair?
Every piece of clothing and every pair of shoes we buy has passed through the hands of women workers employed in every part of the globe – in tanneries, factories, cotton fields, shops and even in...
View ArticleIHRB Report Launch & Panel Discussion on Human Rights Defenders & Business
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, a Nigerian writer and activist who campaigned on human rights and environment issues for the Ogoni people in the Niger Delta....
View ArticleDanone’s work on eliminating deforestation - case study
Danone has committed to eliminate deforestation from its supply chain by 2020, which will require effective cooperation from all along the company’s supply chain. Vincent Crasnier from Danone will...
View ArticleTraining Session: Access to Remedies in the EU for victims of corporate...
The Human Rights in Business project would like to invite you to our third Training Session in Vienna, Austria. The aim of the training session is to inform all interested stakeholders about current...
View Article2016 Winter Course on Human Rights and Asia
Application Deadline for Scholarship: Friday, 9 October 2015, 18:00 (Seoul Time) Application Deadline for Self-funded Participants: 30 October 2015, 18:00 (Seoul Time) Course Overview The Course on...
View ArticleSedex Conference 2016: Simplifying Supply Chain Sustainability
The Sedex Conference 2016 will bring together around 1000 leaders in responsible sourcing for two days of discussion, insight, networking and practical advice - all with the aim of simplifying supply...
View ArticleUN Guiding Principles Compliance Lab
Aim of the workshop: The UNGPs Compliance Lab offers an overview of the practical and theoretical foundations of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). The workshop guides you...
View ArticleHuman Rights Impact Assessment Lab
Aim of the workshop: Human Rights Impact Assessment Lab offers in-depth capacity to understand the 48 Human Rights from the International Bill of Human Rights from a business perspective. The workshop...
View ArticleThe Sustainable Extractives Forum: How to manage risk & navigate uncertainty
As extraction continues to take place in ever more remote geographies, low commodity prices persist and expectations for responsible business practice continue to grow, the sustainability challenges...
View Article5th International Social Life Cycle Assessment conference
The Fifth International conference on Social LCA (SLCA 2016) will be held at Harvard in Cambridge, USA June 13 to 15 2016. The conference follows international seminars held in Copenhagen, Denmark...
View ArticleIndia: Bengaluru's growth fuelled by bonded labour
Brick kiln factories that manufacture mortar to build the city’s dreams have traditionally been the bastion of bonded labour. This was acknowledged in a recent Minister for Rural Development and...
View ArticleIn Pakistan, forced labour remains widespread at brick kilns
In most of rural Pakistan, hundreds of labourers are tricked into accepting small loans to work in brick kilns. But often their debt balloons due to unfair terms. And they end up becoming bonded - a...
View ArticleWorld Disability Day: Uber launches uberASSIST to create a true inclusive...
Uber is honouring the World Disability Day on December 3 in a unique way. It has launched specialized services, uberASSIST. The new service is designed to provide additional assistance to the...
View ArticleIndia: Hundreds of preserved organs of Bhopal gas victims go missing
Hundreds of organs and tissues preserved after autopsies on Bhopal gas tragedy victims have mysteriously gone missing from state's Medico Legal Institute (MLI). Madhya Pradesh government had decided...
View Article"What has climate change got to do with human rights?" Amnesty Intl. explains
What has climate change got to do with human rights? Extreme weather-related disasters and rising seas will destroy homes and ruin people’s ability to earn a living. What’s more, unless emissions are...
View ArticleActualización Semanal del 2 de diciembre: Argentina crea Comisión sobre...
Acá están las principales noticias sobre empresas y derechos humanos de esta semana. Se incluyen respuestas de empresas (EPM, Cukra Development Corporation) y anuncios relevantes. Lea la Actualización...
View ArticleActualités Hebdomadaires du 2 décembre : Entreprises et COP21
Vous trouverez ici un aperçu des meilleurs articles et des sujets brûlants relatifs aux entreprises et aux droits de l'homme. Avec les réponses des entreprises aux allégations ainsi que des annonces...
View ArticleEU creating rights for businesses in trade deals but doesn’t support victims’...
“Rights For Business, Not For People: The EU’s Agenda”, 1 Nov 2015 Transnational corporations enjoy enormous power. Their resources dwarf those of many nation states but their power is not always...
View ArticleWeekly Update - 2 December: Climate Justice | Corporate Legal Accountability...
Photo Credit: COP21 Our run down of this week's top stories and breaking news about business & human rights. Includes company responses (including from Cukra Development Co., Novo Nordisk &...
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