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update Weekly Update 12 May: Brazil: Amazon land sales on Facebook & other encroachments trigger public & business opposition
New company profiles illuminate human rights concerns across technology sector; Investors with $5.8 trillion in assets urge 106 companies scoring zero on due diligence in 2020 CHRB to act on results; Haitian GOSTTRA union negotiates landmark compensation for garment workers after factory failure to contribute to health coverage leads to deaths; FIFA responds to calls from European football associations to ensure human rights are respected ahead of Qatar World Cup; Instagram, Twitter blame glitches for deleting Palestinian eviction posts, rights groups express concerns over discrimination; and more.
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update Weekly Update 5 May: Labour Day - protests for wages & protections around the world
Report reveals patterns of criminalisation & killings of Indigenous Peoples defending their lands against companies; Pandora drops mined diamonds for lab-generated ones; over 500 families affected by 2015 Mariana dam collapse in Brazil remain without housing; Polish Govt. extends mining concession for controversial coal mine until 2044; and more.
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update Weekly Update 28 April: Garment worker protections at risk 8 years on from Rana Plaza disaster
Major banks spending $3.8 trillion in fossil fuel financing despite calls for climate action; Friends of the Earth urge UK govt. to abandon £750 million plan to support gas export terminal in Mozambique over fears the project is exacerbating conflict; Extractive industries putting Indigenous rights at risk in Brazil; 50 companies call for draft German due diligence law to be strengthened in parliament; and more.
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update Weekly Update 21 April: Alleged tailings dam burst in Brazil spotlights mining risks
Spotlight on seven human rights defenders putting themselves at risk to seek corporate accountability in Kazakhstan; International groups call for action as crackdowns against pro-democracy protestors & labour activists in Myanmar continue; Indigenous peoples in Ecuador ask for reparations over Petroecuador & OCP oil spills impacts on their ancestral lands; Philippines Govt. lifts nine-year moratorium on granting new mining permits & groups warn of escalation of threats to the environment & defenders; Women workers from Sri Lanka unlawfully detained for months in Saudi Arabia due to Kafala system; and more
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update Weekly Update 14 April: Historic vote against unionisation at Amazon US warehouse, as workers go on strike against company internationally
Analysis of 700 cases of wage theft against migrant workers during COVID-19 finds construction & hospitality workers most frequently impacted; Report links Canadian retailers to Bangladeshi suppliers paying poverty wages; Mexican organisations urge govt. to consult indigenous communities & respect rights in industrial pig farm development in Yucatán Peninsula; Mongolia becomes first country in Asia to adopt law protecting human rights defenders, law is also binding on private sector; and more.
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update Weekly Update 7 April: NGOs identify threats & opportunities for garment workers across the globe amidst COVID-19 cuts in pay & severance packages
Corporate global tax deal gathers momentum ahead of G20; Telecoms companies remain silent on internet shutdown during Congo elections; Black US executives urge companies to speak out on restrictive voting laws; Philippines trade unions call on govt. to denounce anti-union violence; Indigenous peoples & forest communities issue recommendations for effective EU laws on corporate governance, due diligence & forest commodity risk; and more
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update Weekly Update 31 March: Brands face boycott in China over decision not to source Xinjiang cotton due to allegations of forced labour in the region
Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update focuses on auditor accountability; Report finds Deliveroo payments below minimum wage; Malawian women tea plantation workers sue employer Lujeri and UK parent company PGI in UK courts, alleging systemic sexual harassment & abuse; National football associations face pressure to boycott 2022 Qatar World Cup following thousands of migrant worker deaths; and more.
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update Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update – Issue 38: Who Audits the Auditor?: Shaping Legal Accountability Strategies to Redress Social Audit Failings
This issue of our Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update highlights efforts in shaping strategies to hold liable the social auditing firms that enable and profit from social audit failings.
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update Weekly Update 24 March: Gig worker advances in Europe & Africa
In Myanmar wage dispute ends in tragedy as garment worker killed & 70 arrested after factory owner calls in military; Facebook announces first corporate human rights policy amid fresh concerns over disinformation & governance; Indonesian seaweed farmers win class action lawsuit against PTTEP Australia over loss of livelihood caused by oil spill; Workers in Qatar tell of unsanitary, cramped & inhumane COVID-19 quarantine; and more...
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update Chinese Responsible Investment Overseas Newsletter Issue 13, March 2021
Updates on Myanmar: Investors, businesses and global retail brands release statements urging for respect for human rights and democracy in the country; Cambodia: Communities impacted by Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Project seek IFC dispute resolution process; Companies' responses
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