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Closing the gap: Evidence for effective human rights due diligence from five years measuring company efforts to address forced labour
Delays to the EU’s legislative proposal for mHREDD, which will signal a step-change for corporate human rights, must be used to ensure an ambitious standard is set with tangible impacts for workers. This report provides new evidence of the urgent need for voluntary action to be strengthened with robust regulatory requirements for companies to identify human rights risks and prevent abuse.
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Trouble brewing: the need for transparency in tea supply chains
Thirteen million workers who toil on tea plantations have suffered from endemic human rights abuses, while the tea companies they pick for have evaded responsibility for their supply chain workers. We reached out to 65 tea companies urging them to reveal where they source from and how they carry out due diligence.
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Renewable Energy & Human Rights Benchmark 2021
A rights-respecting renewable energy will be vital if we are to deliver a fast and fair energy transition. This second global human rights benchmark examines the human rights policies of 15 of the largest wind and solar companies.
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Corporate Rights or Human Rights? How trade and investment agreements could threaten human rights due diligence laws
Discover why states should combine the introduction of human rights and environmental due diligence legislation with reform of trade and investment agreements, removing investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses, and with them the ability of irresponsible corporations to undermine vital new regulation.
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Beyond social auditing: Key considerations for mandating effective due diligence
To realise its potential, the EU Sustainable Corporate Governance Initiative must drive action beyond the mechanical tick-box exercise which has characterised too many companies’ approaches to their duty of care to workers and communities. This briefing outlines starting points for mandating effective due diligence for policymakers and legislators.
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Hearing the human: Ensuring due diligence legislation effectively amplifies the voices of those affected by irresponsible business
The EU’s Sustainable Corporate Governance Initiative, including mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence, offers an opportunity to prioritise environmental protection, human rights and long-term business sustainability, including the safety of human rights defenders (HRDs). We discussed safe and effective engagement with over 60 HRDs and developed recommendations to the European Commission, EU Parliament and Council of the EU.
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Dubai Expo 2020: As the UAE prepares for the Expo, how are workers in the UAE impacted by labour abuse?
On 1 October the Dubai EXPO, a six-month international fair which expects to welcome 25 million visitors, will open in the United Arab Emirates. Our data shows migrant workers across the country continue to suffer severe and frequent labour abuse. This snapshot breaks down allegations of labour abuse in the UAE from 2016-2021.
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Social audit liability: Hard law strategies to redress weak social assurances
The social audit industry has rightly come under increasing scrutiny for its role in sustaining tolerance of human rights abuse in company supply chains. This year’s Corporate Legal Accountability Briefing explores opportunities and challenges for holding social audit firms legally accountable for human rights harm.
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"Going out" responsibly: The human rights impact of China's global investments
As Chinese businesses – particularly energy, construction, and mining and metals companies – continue to venture abroad, civil society and the media have reported an unfortunate increase in social, environmental and human rights violations. Between 2013 and 2020, we recorded 679 human rights abuse allegations linked to Chinese business conduct abroad, and 102 company responses to these allegations.
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Renewable energy (in)justice in Latin America
Renewable energy plays a crucial role in our shift to a net-zero carbon future, but human rights risks and violations linked to the sector pose a threat to our efforts to address the climate crisis. Between 2010 and 2020, we recorded 501 cases of abuse linked to renewable energy development across Mexico, Central and South America, accounting for over 2,300 allegations of human rights abuse perpetrated by 156 renewable energy companies operating in 17 countries.
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