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18 Jul 2017

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International Corporate Accountability Roundtable

G20 progress report: Civil society urges leaders to act on commitments made towards achieving sustainable global supply chains

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Earlier this month, the leaders of the world’s twenty major global economies released the G20 2017 Leaders’ Declaration... [T]he resulting commitments in relation to achieving sustainable and inclusive global supply chains were progressive... While the commitments made in the LEMM [G20 Labor and Emplyment Ministers] and G20 Leaders’ Declarations are critical [...] more work remains to achieve the world we want. The vagueness in which many of these commitments are phrased leave significant room for interpretation as to how these actions will be achieved; making it difficult to hold States accountable in relation to following through with these commitments. Additionally, despite the advancement these commitments make in relation to existing State action on issues of sustainable development, they arguably do not go far enough in committing to bold new actions—such as requiring mandatory human rights due diligence for business enterprises based in G20 jurisdictions. The commitments made in the 2017 G20 Leaders’ Declaration are only as strong as their implementation.

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