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Series To lead or to capitulate: Europe’s impending decision on people and planet
The European Union’s groundbreaking legislation to direct business to deliver sustainability and rights is under attack from within and without its borders. Will leaders capitulate further with a false competitiveness narrative that has completely gone off track? Or will they hold to and help lead the path towards sustainability and public trust that they were on, joined by many of the largest of the world’s emerging markets?
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Series The Omnibus proposal imperils the power of CSDDD for migrant worker rights
The Directive promised to incentivise the world’s largest companies to embed human rights into their operations. The Omnibus risks derailing this promise, at the expense of some of the world’s most vulnerable workers.
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Post Food for thought: The human cost of agribusiness in Africa
Agribusiness in Africa is championed as a driver of economic growth, food security and rural development, but another reality exists: one marked by labour rights abuses, land conflicts, environmental degradation and human rights violations.
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Post Why regulation is essential to tame tech's rush for AI
The US administration's new AI Action Plan dismantles safeguards for workers and users, fast-tracks infrastructure regardless of environmental risks and champions the export of US-made AI. Smart regulation is needed, along with action by companies and investors.
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Post Business support for human rights defenders and civic freedoms: Time to move from policy commitments to concrete actions
Years of progress have seen defenders move from the background to the foreground of the business and human rights agenda. Now companies must translate policy commitments into concrete actions – and cut through the implementation challenges and dilemmas.
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Post "The profit of which we do not speak": Reflections on UN Rapporteur’s report on the Israeli war economy
Francesca Albanese's report sets out a stark portrait of the risks businesses incur by investing in Israel's war economy. Dr Shahd Hammouri and Wesam Ahmad from Al-Haq explain the implications of the report and the need for stronger oversight of transnational corporations and meaningful accountability measures.
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Post Staying the course: Holding US companies to human rights commitments in turbulent times
Amid rolling back of climate commitments and DEI initiatives, increasingly unchecked power of big tech, rapid deregulation, and unpredictable tariffs, Phil Bloomer and Bennett Freeman ask: will US companies stay the course – and even build on – their commitments? Or will they retreat when it matters most?
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Post Litigation and the energy transition: A global call for better corporate practice
For companies across the renewable energy value chain, these trends highlight the urgent need to embed human rights in their operations. This is not only about avoiding litigation, but it is essential for operational stability and long-term viability of their projects – and the transition to renewable energy itself.
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Series Business voices in the UN BHR Treaty: How a few business associations are shaping the business agenda in UN negotiations
Experts from CHREN explain the issue of corporate lobbying for diluted provisions in the UN BHR Treaty
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Series The time has come for more diverse business representation in the UN BHR Treaty negotiations
Where are the voices of progressive business in the UN Treaty negotiations? Experts from CHREN's Human Rights Clinic reflect on engagement with company voices in the BHR Treaty process.
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