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Indigenous people risk losing water in lithium extraction for essential transition to low-carbon economy
10/04/19 |Lithium is key for electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy storage. But how can we ensure its extraction not only contributes to our much-needed transition to a low-carbon economy but also...
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Zambian farmers can take Vedanta to court over water pollution. What are the legal implications?
10/04/19 |Gabrielle Holly at Omnia Strategy LLP analyses the UK Supreme Court's landmark decision.
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Human Rights Defenders discuss engaging with business at International Civil Society Week in Serbia
10/04/19 |Ana Zbona speaks to Human Rights Defenders on what companies can do to help protect civic freedoms.
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Death penalty: Here's how business could play a crucial role in abolition
08/04/19 |Business must use its voice and power to help end this medieval practice, writes Celia Ouellette.
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The Modern Slavery Act turns four today. Is it working? And how can it be improved?
26/03/19 |As an Independent Review prepares to report, Patricia Carrier analyses new research into 1,700 companies, and details much-needed reforms to help combat modern slavery.
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Social audit reform options: towards auditor liability and multi-stakeholder oversight
12/03/19 |For the social auditing regime to deliver any real protection to workers, there needs to be radical reform backed up by hard law.
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New buzzword, same problem: How 'worker voice' initiatives are perpetuating the shortcomings of traditional social auditing
12/03/19 |Ultimately, the only way to root out labor abuses in global supply chains is by disrupting traditional power relations between workers and businesses.
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The CSR challenge for Chinese ELCs in Cambodia
11/03/19 |The economic land concessions (ELC) the government of Cambodia granted to the subsidiaries of Chinese private enterprise (POE) Guangdong Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co., Ltd. in 2012 has become one...
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Enabling voices, demanding rights: How to ensure responsible investment in land for women
11/03/19 |Women were excluded from opportunities to participate and voice their interests in decisions around the establishment of lucrative investments [in land]. Failing to take gender issues into account...
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Good modern slavery policy, more than the sum of its parts
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