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Liberia: New report calls on Swedish co's to address & remedy human rights impacts following their exit from bioenergy project; incl. co comments
Shortly after the exit of Swedish companies Vattenfall and Swedfund from a bioenergy venture in Liberia 2012, the project collapsed. According to Swedwatch and several other NGOs, the investors left without an exit strategy and without conducting...
Sri Lanka: Authorities to investigate Horana rubber factory incident over alleged violations of workplace safety resulting in deaths & injuries
Author: Vimukthi Fernando, Maneshka Borham, Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)
"Horana factory tragedy: Lab controller arrested", 22 Apr 2018...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest Legal News
Cambodia: Eight people killed after authorities opened fire on protesters over land dispute with rubber plantation
Author: Radio Free Asia
"Cambodia Security Forces Shoot Protesters Dead in Land Dispute", 8 March 2018...
- Related companies: Memot Rubber Plantation
Adidas Modern Slavery Outreach Programme 2018-2020
In early 2018, Adidas provided an update on its Adidas provided an update on progress against the three stratgic areas of its Modern Slavery Outreach Programme: Modern Slavery Training, Raw Material Sourcing, Cotton Sourcing. It also provided an...
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Cambodia: Military general & rubber company director sues land dispute representative for damaging rubber trees
Author: Phak Seangly, The Phnom Penh Post
"Land dispute rep to appear before court", 21 February 2018...
- Related companies: Data Rubber (Cambodia) Co. Ltd.
Author: Voice of America (Etats-Unis)
"Au Liberia, la population veut voir enfin reconnus ses droits sur la terre", 21 février 2018...
- Related companies: Golden Veroleum Liberia Sime Darby
Author: Julien Balboni, L'Echo
« Hubert Fabri et les sociétés Socficom et Socfinco vont être poursuivis pour évasion fiscale », 20 février 2018...
- Related in-depth areas: Dernières infos juridiques
- Related companies: Socfin
Italy: Tire co. Pirelli launches new rubber sourcing policy against land-grabbing & deforestation
Author: Global Witness
"New Pirelli policy progressive step forward in the fight against land grabs and deforestation - Global Witness", 13 Nov 2017...
- Related companies: Bridgestone Continental AG Goodyear Michelin Pirelli
Top car manufacturers launch initiative to address environmental, human & labour rights issues in the supply chain
Author: Edie
The Raw Materials Observatory is the product of a five-year partnership [...] between 10 leading car manufacturers which aims to improve sustainability in the automotive supply chain. The new commitment, signed by Daimler AG, Honda, JLR, Scania, VW,...
- Related companies: BMW Daimler Ford Honda Jaguar Land Rover Scania Toyota Volkswagen Volvo Car (part of Geely) Volvo Group