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Author: ONU Brasil (Brazil)
“O que as empresas estão fazendo para frear a torrente de plásticos?”, 9 de julho de 2018 ...Diante das consequências inegáveis da poluição por plásticos, pessoas de todo o mundo estão rejeitando os produtos descartáveis e se comprometendo...
Romania: Price pressure following Brexit threatens to worsen working conditions in garment industry, report finds
Author: Laura Stefanut, BalkanInsight
"Brexit Blues for Romania’s Embattled Garment Industry", 2 July 2018...
- Related stories: Brexit: Potential impacts on labour rights
- Related in-depth areas: Brexit's potential impacts on business & human rights
- Related companies: Arcadia Group Burberry Debenhams French Connection IKEA Topshop (part of Arcadia)
BIICL report: recommendations for business when nat'l law conflicts with int'l human rights standards
Author: Lise Smit, Arianne Griffith and Robert McCorquodale, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
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- Related in-depth areas: UN Guiding Principles
- Related companies: Apple Facebook Google (part of Alphabet) IKEA Microsoft
Report by Chartered Institute of Building analyses UK construction industry's response to Modern Slavery Act
Author: Emma Crates, The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
Construction and the Modern Slavery Act: Tackling exploitation in the UK, May 2018...
- Related in-depth areas: Modern slavery
- Related companies: Arcadis Balfour Beatty Co-operative Group Coca-Cola Harbin Power Engineering (HPE) (part of Harbin Power Equipment) Hewlett-Packard (see HP) IKEA Land Securities Lend Lease Marks & Spencer Mars Marshalls Sainsbury's Sir Robert McAlpine Skanska Tesco Unilever Vinci Walmart
Global Child Forum publishes study mapping business investments in children's education
Author: Global Child Forum; Rightshouse
"Business Investments in Children's Education - A Mapping Study", March 2018...
A WEF Call to Action: How CEOs Can Help Deliver Solutions for Refugees and Host Communities
Author: Cindy Huang, Center for Global Development
...One of the most promising entry points for global businesses is including refugees in hiring and supply chains. As employers and buyers at the helm of extensive supply chains that reach deep into local markets, global businesses can play an...
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- Related companies: Airbnb IKEA
In Jordan, an empowering solution for UN-run refugee camps
Author: Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor
...In Jordan, the UN and its partners have hooked up the first solar-powered refugee camps in the world – a test as to whether the international aid community can step beyond the emergency relief approach and provide sustainable solutions that benefit...
- Related stories: Access to work in Jordan & Lebanon for Syrian refugees, migrant workers & host populations
- Related companies: IKEA
Author: Initiative pour des multinationales responsables
En novembre dernier, la Commission des affaires juridiques du Conseil des Etats s’était prononcée en faveur d’un contre-projet indirect à l’initiative pour des multinationales responsables (à huit voix contre une). Pourtant, une courte majorité de l...
- Related stories: Suisse : La chambre basse du Parlement rejette le contre-projet à l’initiative pour des multinationales responsables
- Related companies: IKEA Migros
Author: Bernard Wuthrich, Le Temps (Suisse)
Les milieux économiques ont imposé leur point de vue: la Commission des affaires juridiques (CAJ) du Conseil national ne juge pas opportun d’opposer un contre-projet, fût-il indirect, à l’initiative populaire «Pour des entreprises responsables» [qui] ....
- Related companies: IKEA Migros Procter & Gamble Richemont
Author: Stefan Bühler, Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Ikea und der welsche Verband multinationaler Konzerne fordern einen Gegenvorschlag zur Konzernverantwortungsinitiative. Damit stellen sie sich gegen Economiesuisse.Vor einem Monat wurden mit der Enthüllung der «Paradise Papers» umstrittene, mitunter...
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