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Kenya: Companies allegedly discharge toxic effluent into Lake Victoria; includes companies' comments
An investigative report by the Daily Nation alleges that companies have been discharging toxic effluent into Lake Victoria, compromising local communities health. The report includes a joint study with the University of Nairobi's toxicology department...
Kenya: Corruption & ineptitude compromising regulatory bodies' ability to enforce laws, including against harmful business conduct
Author: Robert Shaw, Daily Nation (Kenya)
"Ineptitude, rundown agencies the handmaiden of corruption"...
Kenya: Global Compact campaigns to increase women representation & leadership in business
Author: Laura Cheptarus, The Star (Kenya)
"Global compact campaigns for women leadership and representation"...
- Related in-depth areas: Gender, Business & Human Rights Women
Pakistan: Widespread child labour, appalling working conditions & debt bondage reported at Balochistan mines
Author: Shah Meer Baloch & Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian
“‘Coal workers are orphans’: the children and slaves mining Pakistan’s coal”, 19 February 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Business & Children Child labour
Statement regarding Scatec Solar’s project in Choluteca, Honduras
Author: Scatec Solar
Scatec Solar is committed to high standards for sustainability management, including health and safety, environmental sustainability, ethical conduct and human rights. We are guided by and comply with internationally recognized standards such a...
- Related stories: Honduras: Communities of Choluteca oppose solar energy project of the Norwegian company Scatec Solar
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders Renewable energy
- This is a response from the following companies: Scatec Solar
Uganda: Local community says abrupt closure of Nyamuliro Wolfram mine has compromised their livelihood; company comments
Author: The Independent (Uganda)
"Workers protest closure of Nyamuliro wolfram mines"...
China: Huo Shen Shan Hospital accused of wage arrears and not providing enough masks; state media says workers give up salaries voluntarily
Author: NOWnews
[Excerpt translation from Chinese to English provided by Business and Human Rights Resource Centre]...
Latin America: Trade unions and civil society call on governments of banana producing countries not to incentivise the use of chemical fertilisers
Author: Trade unions, environmentalists, health rights organizations, academics, and human rights (see list in document)
“Open letter to the governments of banana producing countries in Latin America and to the European Unión”, February 2020...
Mauritania: BP faces “state racism” row for allegedly only granting scholarships to minority Arab-Berbers
Author: Amandla Thomas-Johnson, Middle East Eye
"Oil giant BP accused of racism in Mauritania after overlooking black students," 18 Feb 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Discrimination Racial/ethnic/caste/origin discrimination - an introduction
- Related companies: BP
Nepali migrant workers in MENA report lax safety measures causing serious workplace injuries, 21 Nepalis currently in comas
Author: Himalayan Times (Nepal)
"21 Nepali workers lying in coma abroad," 19 Feb 2020...