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Media reaction: Workers must be at the centre of protections from heat
Workers facing deadly heat (‘US workers facing deadly heat embrace tactic that targets major brands’ reputations’, 18 October 2026) is a poignant reminder to companies that workers are best placed to develop solutions for the problems they face in their work.
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Media comment: Garment workers in Bangladesh enter fourth day of wage protests
Garment workers in Bangladesh staged a fourth day of wage protests, the Centre urges brands to publicly support a minimum wage increase that meets union demands.
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Communities, Indigenous Peoples and workers increasingly turning to the courts over the human rights and environmental impacts of the energy transition
New data from the Just Transition Litigation Tracking tool demonstrates how communities, Indigenous Peoples and workers are increasingly turning to the courts over the human rights and environmental impacts of the energy transition.
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Funding for business and human rights plunges as defenders face growing risks
A global survey by Swedwatch, the European Coalition for Corporate Justice and the Business and Human Rights Centre reveals a funding crisis in the business and human rights field.
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Media response: Meta settles major US trial over teen social media addiction
On 26 August, Meta agreed to implement major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settled a US trial over teen social media addiction for up to $17billion USD. The Business and Human Rights Centre responds.
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Migrant workers powering Saudi Arabia’s green energy boom denied remedy almost a year after abuses exposed
As Saudi Arabia’s renewables sector stands on the cusp of significant expansion, migrant workers powering the country’s green energy boom are suffering a double indignity: severe abuse, followed by an alarming failure by major multinational companies to provide remedy.
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Workers pay the price as transition mineral abuses rise 38% across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Allegations of environmental and human rights abuse linked to the mining and processing of critical transition minerals rose sharply across Eastern Europe and Central Asia in 2025, according to new research.
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Media comment: Potential adverse human rights impacts triggered by new US tariffs
Without adequate safeguards, these new tariffs risk workers becoming collateral damage in a trade agenda that does little to address the root causes of forced labour.
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Concerning rise in human rights abuses linked to Chinese overseas investments in transition mineral mining
As clean energy demand accelerates, the data raises serious questions about corporate accountability in the energy transition.
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Human rights abuses linked to transition mineral mining surge by 73% in just one year - seven in ten implicated mines tied to listed companies
In the only research of its kind, findings from the 2026 Transition Minerals Tracker revealed direct implications for renewable energy companies relying on these minerals and their investors.
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