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Peru: Indigenous community urges European banks to insist that companies they invest in remove Ocho Sur P from their palm oil supply chains
Author: Forest Peoples Programme
“Press Release: Indigenous Community Urges European Banks to Hold Commodities Giant to Account Over Forest Destruction in the Peruvian Amazon”, 21st August 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Agriculture
- Related companies: Handelsbanken Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)
Bangladesh: Banks fail to hold H&M accountable to living wage promises, says Fair Action report
Author: Fair Action (Sweden), Fair Finance Guide International, The Future in Our Hands (Norway)
"Shareholders of H&M fail to take responsibility for garment workers’ wages", 31 January 2019...
- Related stories: Bangladesh: Fair Action reports that Nordic banks fail to hold H&M and other brands accountable to living wage promises Bangladesh: Widespread garment worker protests over minimum wage increase; leads to mass dismissals
- Related in-depth areas: Labour rights Living wage
- Related companies: Danske Bank DnB NOR H&M Handelsbanken KappAhl KLP Forsikring Länsförsäkringar Lindex MQ Nordea Bank ODIN Fund Management (part of SpareBank1 Group) SEB Skandia SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge SpareBank 1 SMN SpareBank 1 SR-Bank SpareBank 1 Østlandet Storebrand Swedbank
Bangladesh: Fair Action reports that Nordic banks fail to hold H&M and other brands accountable to living wage promises
In February 2019, Fair Action released a report exploring, among other things, the role of Nordic banks (as shareholders) in holding H&M accountable to its promise to ensure living wages for garment workers in its supply chain by 2018, particula...
Handelsbanken's response to the Fair Action report “Broke in Bangladesh”
Author: Karin Askelöf, Head of Responsible Investments, Handelsbanken, Sweden
Our comment ...
- Related stories: Bangladesh: Fair Action reports that Nordic banks fail to hold H&M and other brands accountable to living wage promises
- Related in-depth areas: Living wage
- This is a response from the following companies: H&M Handelsbanken
Equileap publishes ranking of top 200 companies on gender equality in the workplace
Author: Equileap
"Gender equality global report and ranking," 4 October 2018...
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Sweden: Lack of investment in climate solutions by fund management co's puts Paris agreement at risk, finds report; incl. co responses
"Turning the tide - The urgent need to shift capital flows to climate solutions: A case study of ten fund management companies", a new report by Swedwatch focuses on the role of the finance sector in reallocating large capital streams towards green...
Response by Handelsbanken
Author: Handelsbanken
Thank you for the invitation to respond to the Swedwatch report. ...
- Related stories: Sweden: Lack of investment in climate solutions by fund management co's puts Paris agreement at risk, finds report; incl. co responses
- This is a response from the following companies: Handelsbanken
Report: 'Fuel for conflict - Investors and the case of Lundin Petroleum in Sudan'
Author: Swedwatch, Fair Finance Guide
This report focuses on the risks and responsibilities associated with investments in companies that are active in countries with ongoing violent conflicts and humanitarian crises... Using the terminology of the UNGPs, a company that has a business...
- Related stories: Lundin Petroleum lawsuit (re complicity in war crimes, Sudan)
- Related companies: Danske Bank Handelsbanken Länsförsäkringar Lundin Petroleum Nordea Bank SEB Skandia Swedbank
Scandinavian banks linked to abuse of indigenous peoples’ rights in Borneo; banks respond
Swedwatch and Fair Finance Guide Sweden allege in this report that Scandinavian banks have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in companies that are linked to abuses of indigenous peoples’ rights in Borneo, an island in Southeast Asia shared by B...