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Series ASTAC, bananas and commerce: The ABC of worker-centred trade
Blog from the American Bar Association exploring how the US Government's "worker-centred trade policy" could support banana workers in Ecuador being denied their right to freedom of association.
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Series How the financial sector can help accelerate access to remedy
Kees Gootjes, Business & Human Rights Advisor at ABN AMRO, outlines the leading role the financial sector could & should play to ensure effective access to remedy for those experiencing harm to their human rights harmed by business.
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Series Draft COVID-19 proposal at WTO will cost lives
Roshan Joseph and Roz Scourse from MSF Access Campaign explore the leaked proposal for a waiver of WTO rules around Covid-19 vaccines
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Post Ukrainian companies and human rights during the war
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the business and human rights community has been focused on the actions of multinational corporations with business operations in Russia. However the daily lives of Ukrainians during the war are much more dependent on Ukrainian business conduct – Chair of the International Lab on Business & Human Rights at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University Olena Uvarova examines what actions Ukrainian businesses should take to ensure responsible operations.
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Post Justice for Miskito divers: A turning point for business and human rights standards from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
For the first time in its history, the Court explicitly stipulates clear business and human rights standards to be met by states and companies.
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Series Bridging the Human Rights Gap in ESG
ESG as a framework does not sufficiently capture harms to people or guide decisions that take human rights into account. Paloma Munoz Quick (BSR) & Christen Dobson (BHRRC) explore how the business & human rights framework can help close these gaps & increase opportunities in current ESG practice among financial actors.
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Series Why ESG investing is bad for human rights - & what we can do about it
Greenwashing has become a hallmark of the growing ESG investing industry and is bad news for the project to advance corporate respect for human rights. David Pred & Natalie Bugalski of Inclusive Development International explain how coordinated public demand for responsible investment should be harnessed to drive better corporate conduct.
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Post Ukraine: Responsible business conduct in a war of aggression
For companies leaving Russia (or Ukraine), their responsibility does not end with this decision. Phil Bloomer & Ella Skybenko set out what steps business should take, not just in response to current Russian aggression in Ukraine, but also to mitigate risk longer term risk.
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