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NGO Commentary: Korean govt's response to UNWG visit fails to acknowledge poor labour conditions and negative health impacts of companies
Author: Correspondence NGO group of the UN Working Group’s visit to Korea, Korean House for International Solidarity (Republic of Korea)
"Comment: The government’s response to UN Working Group’s Korea visit report does not reflect the Korean reality", 11 June 2017...
- Related in-depth areas: South Korea, 23 May - 1 Jun 2016
- Related companies: Asahi Glass Fine Techno Korea Busan Transportation Corporation Daewoo International (part of Posco) GTS Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Motor (part of Hyundai Kia Motor) Hyundai Steel Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation LG Electronics (part of LG Corp.) Lotte Co. Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Posco Samsung Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation SK Corporation Yoosung Enterprise Co.
Members of US business org IECA disagree with its stance against Paris Agreement
President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement has faced significant criticism from the business community. In advance of the decision, over one thousand companies publicly declared their support for the Paris Agreement and following the...
Koch Industries non-response
Author: Koch Industries
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- This is a non response from the following companies: Koch Industries
China: Excessively high legal cost may hinder development of environmental public interest litigations
"The All China Environmental Federation (ACEF) won lawsuit against Zhenhua for its long-standing failure to curb the release of harmful gases…[which] made legal history by becoming China’s first public interest action to be brought against air...
China: Environmental group wins landmark lawsuit against glass manufacturer on air pollution
"A Chinese environmental group has won a landmark public interest lawsuit against a glass manufacturer [Jinghua Group Zhenhua Decoration Glass Limited Company], with the firm fined more than $3 million for excessive pollution...The suit, filed by the...
India: Child labour can disrupt 'Make in India', Satyarthi tells Modi
Author: Press Trust of India
Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi feels that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' programme will prove to be a "big disaster" if child labour laws are not strengthened...In a letter to the Prime Minister, Satyarthi has said, "If investors are...
- Related companies: Apple
Pakistan: Child labour continues to destroy lives
Author: Shazia Mehboob, Express Tribune [Pakistan]
Haider Ali is among millions of children in Pakistan who are involved in labour work at an age when they should be in school. The 12-year-old spends his day at an auto-mechanic shop, assisting his ‘master’ in repairing motorcycles and spends his night...
Author: Business & Climate Summit
À travers une mobilisation sans précédent de 25 réseaux mondiaux, représentant plus de 6 millions d'entreprises de plus de 130 pays, les entreprises se sont engagées à mener la transition mondiale vers une économie bas-carbone et résiliente au...
- Related stories: Le « Business and Climate Summit » (Paris, 20-21 mai)
- Related companies: McGraw Hill Saint-Gobain Schneider Electric Unilever