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update Weekly Update 21 May: 46 global companies linked to alleged abuses associated with major Indonesian palm oil producer
Kenya: Court suspends Netflix and Meta’s carbon credits project over land dispute with Maasai herders | USA: Colorado Supreme Court allows climate lawsuit against Exxon and Suncor to proceed | India: Migrant workers face economic fallout as India-Pakistan tensions disrupt seasonal labour and livelihoods | Economists and companies urge EU to protect CSDDD and Green Deal in light of Omnibus proposal | Egypt: Report says agribusinesses still using chemical banned in EU exports, presenting severe environmental and health risks
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update Weekly Update 14 May: Bangladesh: Women garment workers protest unpaid wages & sustain injuries in alleged attacks
NSO Group ordered to pay USD167 million for targeting journalists, activists and others with spyware via WhatsApp | Cameroon: Socapalm accused of replanting and expanding palm oil plantations without local communities’ consent; incl. co. responses | USA: OECD complaint filed against Ahold Delhaize, alleging ‘grave human rights violations’ in milk supply chain; incl. co. responses | India: Fears of escalating conflict trigger exodus of migrant workers amid fears of lockdown and job loss | France: Supreme Court upholds Vinci indictment over alleged forced labour in Qatar
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update Weekly Update 7 May: Brazil: Agribusiness accused of ‘chemical warfare’ as toxic attacks on communities surge
Nigeria: Women protest farmland destruction by Agbeyewa Farms | Mexico: Zinc Nacional commits to relocate following exposé linking factory to heavy metal pollution | India: Activists & community urge Australian & Japanese banks to exit controversial Odisha steel project as long-standing fight continues | France: Undocumented workers who built Adidas Arena still without legal status despite deal with Olympic contractors | Iran: Major explosion at Shahid Rajaee port kills 70, with many migrant workers missing
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update Weekly Update 30 April | Palm oil lobby pushes to weaken EU deforestation law
Swedwatch warns of threats to human rights defenders in global renewable energy transition | Kenya: Safaricom targets Nation Media Group journalists with ‘meritless’ lawsuit in response to exposé potentially linking data sharing to human rights violations | USA: Eight Brazilian workers sue Starbucks over alleged forced labour by company's supplier | Indonesia: Nickel producers under scrutiny after multiple tailings dams collapse in Indonesian industrial park | Luxembourg: Proposed Omnibus law risks weakening human rights and climate protections, coalition of NGOs & business representatives warn | Qatar: Migrant workers sue US PR firms Omnicom Group and Ogilvy over alleged 2022 World Cup worker abuse cover-ups
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update Weekly Update 23 April | Major brands rely on allegedly flawed audits to deny worker abuse
NSO Group names Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan as spyware customers in 2019 WhatsApp hack case | Africa: Investigation uncovers alleged human rights violations at Socfin plantations | Brazil: Major coffee exporter cuts ties with farms linked to slave-like conditions | India: Supreme court orders permanent jobs & back wages for 580 waste collection workers | India: Supreme court orders permanent jobs & back wages for 580 waste collection workers | India: Supreme court orders permanent jobs & back wages for 580 waste collection workers | and much more...
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update Chinese Responsible Investment Overseas Newsletter Issue 36 (Apr 2025) | Zambia: Copper mining companies accused of dumping toxic waste into key Kafue River, causing environmental disasters
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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update Weekly Update 16 April | USA: Clearview AI’s facial recognition tech allegedly designed for surveillance of marginalised groups
Amazon, Google, & Microsoft allegedly operating and expanding water-intensive data centres in some of the world’s driest regions | Uganda: Activists arrested for protests against funding of EACOP project | Canada: Migrant construction worker deported after whistleblowing in wage theft, contract substitution & exploitation case | S. Korea: USA bans imports from country’s largest salt farm over forced labour claims | Italy: Luxury brand Richemont sues union officials for defamation following migrant worker protests | Israel/OPT: Dutch company linked to export of dogs allegedly used by Israeli military to commit war crimes against Palestinians | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 9 April | 3,000 workers laid off as Amazon’s warehouse closures spark investor concern
UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution enhancing protections for human rights defenders from new tech threats | Kenya: Court rules it can hear case against Meta over alleged hate speech during Tigray war | Peru: Indigenous communities protest Glencore’s copper mine expansion | Malaysia: Glove maker YTY engaging supplier Mediceram over forced labour allegations | Germany: BDI urges German companies to uphold diversity programmes despite US pressure | Türkiye: Boycott call targets companies linked to government amid political crackdown | and much more...
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update Weekly Update 4 April | Veolia’s toxic waste allegedly threatens water for 200,000 in Colombia
Pegasus spyware allegedly used to target two Serbian investigative journalists | Cameroon: Sinosteel's Lobé-Kribi iron ore project poses alleged environmental and social concerns | Brazil: Swiss Re linked to new insurance cases involving deforestation & rights violations against Indigenous & quilombola communities | Thailand: Migrant workers missing after earthquake skyscraper collapse, linked to substandard steel bars | Bosnia & Herzegovina: Water company settles discrimination case with Romani families over access to water & sanitation | Israel/OPT: HD Hyundai machinery allegedly used in West Bank demolitions
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update The threat to activism: Greenpeace ordered to pay $660m in lawsuit
South Africa: WWF challenges environmental exemption for Kropz mine | Colombia: Ecopetrol faces allegations of environmental negligence and corporate misconduct | West Papua: Indigenous Peoples call for boycott of major brands over alleged deforestation & land rights violations | Lithuania: Tech firm Raydiant accused of violating labour laws after insolvency leaves workers without pay or benefits | Israel/OPT: Google employees & activists raise concerns over tech company's deepening ties to Israeli military operations amid Wiz deal
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