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Rwanda: Businesses in sectors including mining and agriculture will face punitive measures if found engaging in child labour or indecent work says the government
Author: Michel Nkurunziza, The New Times (Rwanda)
"Businesses to face punitive measures if found engaging in child labour", 8 January 2019...
Rwanda: Coffee and tea market open to Chinese companies and investors for local farmers' benefit
Author: Michel Nkurunziza, Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
"Rwanda: Chinese Envoy Pledges Market for Rwanda's Coffee,Tea", 3 January 2019...
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Global Business of Forced Labour examines tea & cocoa global supply chains
Author: The Global Business of Forced Labour
The Global Business of Forced Labour is a multidisciplinary international research project examining the business models of forced labour within global supply chains, focusing on case studies of tea and cocoa....
Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Bulletin: Parent company liability for extraterritorial abuse
Unilever lawsuit (re ethnic violence in Kenya)
In 2016 employees and residents of a Unilever tea plantation in Kenya filed a lawsuit against Unilever PLC (the UK-domiciled parent company) and Unilever Tea Kenya Limited (the Kenyan-incorporated subsidiary) at the High Court of Justice Queen’s Bench...
Author: ComunicaRSE
“Quince casos empresarios que están contribuyendo a los ODS a través de la gestión de DD.HH.”, 20 de julio de 2018...
UK appeals court dismisses lawsuit against Unilever over 2007 post-election attacks at tea plantation in Kenya; includes co's statement
On 4 July 2018, the UK Court of Appeal dismissed a case against Unilever brought by the survivors of 2007 post-election attacks at a tea plantation in Kenya. The lawsuit alleged that UK-registered parent company and its Kenyan-registered subsidiary...
EU urged to set mandatory standards for companies to tackle child labor, deforestation in coffee & cocoa sectors
Author: Julia Echikson & Ana Ionova, Reuters
"EU urged to draft law on child labor, deforestation in coffee and cocoa", 11 July 2018...
Yorkshire Tea, Twinings, Tetley & Clipper become first major tea brands to publish supplier list
In June 2018 Yorkshire Tea (part of Taylors of Harrogate) became the first major UK tea brand to publish its supplier list. The brand made the move following the "Who picked my tea?" campaign by Tradcraft Exchange. In August 2018, Twinings followed su...
Author: El Periódico (España)
“Explotados por el té en la India”, 22 de mayo de 2018...
- This is a response from the following companies: Tetley (part of Tata Tea) Twinings (part of Associated British Foods)