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Series Is ESG a matter of risk for business or for people and planet?
The rise of ESG investment appears unstoppable - but there is a serious challenge when it comes to the “S” in ESG, with a significant gap between policy and practice.
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Series Elephant in the room: Code-29 and the need for mandatory human rights due diligence in Turkey
The dismissal of workers on grounds of "immoral behaviour" during the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the need for mandatory due diligence law in Turkey, writes Betül Karagedik
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Series Workers must be the foundation of any human rights due diligence approach
In the lead up to the introduction of mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (mHREDD) in Europe, it is clear many companies support the need for legislation. However, those wanting their efforts to be effective must ensure they are taking a worker-centric approach. The findings from KnowTheChain’s latest apparel and footwear benchmark highlighted where companies stand with such approaches.
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Series Hidden in plain sight: Commodity traders’ human rights impacts and responsibilities
Commodity traders play a key role in connecting global value chains yet have largely avoided scrutiny over human rights impacts. With mandatory due diligence laws approaching, the time has come for the commodity trading industry to step up efforts to address human rights and environmental risks linked to their operations and business relationships.
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Series The corporate accountability paradox
Corporate accountability commitments have proliferated in the apparel industry since the 1990s. Yet these corporate promises have created a paradox: the more assurances workers get, the more vulnerable they become.
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Series How mandatory human rights due diligence could safeguard women homeworkers working within global supply chains
Lucy Brill and Shanta Bhavnani of Homeworkers Worldwide looks at how HRDD legislation can be designed that is sensitive to the situation of homeworkers in supply chains.
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Series Human rights due diligence legislation: New hope for victims of land grabs in Cambodia?
Mandatory due diligence laws may offer opportunity for redress for communities affected by longstanding patterns of abuse in their supply chains, write Inclusive Development International's Coleen Scott and Sarah Singh
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Series What if mandatory human rights due diligence had existed before Rana Plaza?
As labour organisations call on brands to support the continuation of the Bangladesh Accord, Clean Clothes Campaign's Neva Nahtigal imagines how meaningful mandatory due diligence could have changed the course of the Rana Plaza disaster
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Series Amidst the trend towards mandatory due diligence, the Bangladesh Accord model should not be abandoned
Amidst a trend towards mandatory due diligence legislation, Joseph Wilde-Ramsing argues the legally binding Bangladesh Accord model should not be abandoned, but used as a blueprint for expansion.
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Series We need a UK law to stop companies profiting from destruction and abuse
Last month, the European Union took a major step towards passing a new law to stop businesses from abusing human rights and destroying the environment around the world. The EU’s proposed ‘corporate due diligence’ law would help to tackle the widespread abuse of workers and the environment in the supply chains of European companies. This progress in Europe accentuates the failure of the UK government to take similar action.
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