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Weekly Update 16 July | Record temperatures take workplace safety risks to new levels
Google faces allegations of undercounting its carbon emissions | South Africa: Families face eviction after occupying abandoned Sibanye-Stillwater mining village | Brazil: Workers subjected to wage theft, threats and coercion at Nestlé coffee supplier | India: Millions of workers join nationwide strike over labour rights | Italy: Loro Piana faces court oversight over exploitation of Chinese workers in supply chain | Egypt: Nearly half of workforce not covered by minimum wage law
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Weekly Update 9 July | Exploitation alleged in factories supplying Primark, Boohoo, H&M & more
Kenya: Human Rights Commission cautions leading telecoms firms against internet shutdown amid protests | Canada: Filipino workers win retaliation case against Best Western hotel after being dismissed for raising complaints | India: Indigenous communities in Assam protest Adani power project over alleged illegal forest land transfer & Indigenous rights violations | Russia: Agricultural co. Sad-Gigant accused of forced labour, abuse & detaining workers without pay | Israel: Chinese construction workers face exploitation & unsafe conditions amid armed conflict
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Weekly Update 2 July | KLP divests from arms firms linked to Israeli military
Kenya: Media companies respond to government blackout orders with “unprecedented defiance” amid historic youth protests | Brazil: Leather used in European designer handbags connected to illegal deforestation & violations of Indigenous Peoples’ land rights | Myanmar: Concerns over environmental impacts of rare earth mines in Shan State reportedly run by Chinese companies | Italy: Landmark “forever chemicals” case holds corporate managers criminally liable | Philippines: Labour rights groups protest to demand respect for freedom of association at a factory supplying to global fashion brands | and much more...
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Weekly Update 18 June | Breakthrough for gig workers: ILO to develop first global standards
Nigeria and Sudan: Major rulings advance oil company accountability for human rights failures and Niger Delta oil spills | USA: xAI faces lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines reportedly posing health risks to predominantly Black community in Memphis | Cambodia: Hydropower dam set to displace nearly 4,300 Indigenous families amid consultation concerns | France: Migrant workers subjected to labour rights violations while constructing low carbon kiln at Eqiom plant | Israel/OPT: Shipping giant Maersk divests from companies linked to illegal West Bank settlements
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Chinese Responsible Investment Overseas Newsletter Issue 37 (Jun 2025) | Thailand: Skyscraper built by China-Thai consortium collapses during Myanmar earthquake, trapping over 100 workers; samples suggest substandard steel use
The bi-monthly newsletter serves as a platform for updates, insights and tools on key topics relating to social and environmental impacts of Chinese overseas investments and business and as a resource to promote peer learning and informed decision-making.
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Weekly Update 18 June | Breakthrough for gig workers: ILO to develop first global standards
100 companies responsible for 20% of world’s extractive conflicts, finds study | Mozambique: Korean financial institutions sued over Liquefied Natural Gas project funding | Brazil: Court rules social media firms can be held liable for user content | S. Korea: National Assembly reintroduces Asia’s first comprehensive corporate human rights & environmental due diligence bill | France: Senate approves law regulating fast fashion | Israel/OPT: Airbnb faces multi-jurisdictional legal actions over listings in illegal West Bank settlements | and much more...
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Weekly Update 11 June | Privatised UK border regime puts lives at risk
Kenya: Grassroots movement calls for EU ban on toxic pesticide exports | USA: Tech co. Palantir at centre of federal data integration project as mass surveillance concerns grow | Indonesia: Floods in Bekasi allegedly linked to environmental degradation caused by property developers | Russia: Recruitment of migrants into drone manufacturing at Alabuga SEZ fulfils "several conditions" of human trafficking | Saudi Arabia: Trade unions from 36 countries file complaint with ILO over migrant worker abuse ahead of 2034 FIFA men’s World Cup | and much more...
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Weekly Update 4 June | Workers’ rights in global “free fall”, warns ITUC
Migrant data workers contracted by multinational tech firms allege rights abuses & "constant" exposure to traumatic content | Uganda: German investor divests from TotalEnergies over EACOP abuse claims | Peru: Meta’s Oversight Board issues decision on content containing threats against human rights defenders | Singapore: Petroleum co. Interra accused of supplying Myanmar Junta with USD150m worth of oil | Germany: Court sets precedent in climate ruling that major emitters can be held liable for climate risks | Qatar: Jordanian whistleblower released, plans to sue FIFA & Supreme Committee over alleged reprisal for migrant worker abuse criticism | and much more...
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