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Post In focus: Tech sector transparency & the Global South
Our monitoring of tech companies' human rights policies and practice reveals poor transparency underpinning a litany of abuse linked to the sector, particularly in the Global South. Danny Rayman explains the key issues as we update our company dashboards to cover 120+ tech firms.
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Post Accountability in conflict: The problem of tech company opacity
The siege and corralling of Palestinian civilians, and massive loss of civilian life, alongside the destruction of homes and essential infrastructure has led South Africa to accuse Israel of genocide before the International Court of Justice, which Israel refutes. But while the Court considers the case, momentum is also growing around demands for accountability from other actors - including the companies and investors associated with the conflict. Phil Bloomer asks what heightened due diligence efforts have been undertaken?
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Post COP28 Breakdown: Striving for a just transition amid human rights hurdles
COP28 delivered some highly caveated progress in the race against climate change – but the required scope and speed of the deployment of renewable energy assets comes with its own set of human rights challenges.
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Post From baby steps to bold action: Challenging the current economic model to ensure a just energy transition
Achieving a just energy transition involves more than technological advancements - it necessitates a fundamental re-evaluation of the economic model which got us into the climate crisis in the first place and which continues to drive the current corporate-led energy transition, argues Joseph Wilde-Ramsing of SOMO.
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Post 2024: the year of elections, conflict – and business transformation?
Will our next governments sustain a business-as-usual approach that helps drive accelerated climate breakdown, a fifth mass extinction, and unsustainable levels of inequality that threaten the fabric of our democracies? Or can our movements, collectively, help present ‘just economy manifestos’ to all politicians to highlight urgent opportunities that arise from emergent better practice, asks Phil Bloomer, BHRRC.
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Post Business, human rights & development: A case for course correction in 2024 & beyond
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development Surya Deva argues a transformative shift is needed to address systemic problems: a shift in our lifestyle, business models, development narrative, economic order, role of states, and governance structures, in order to achieve real progress for human rights in business.
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Post H&M praised by media for committing to pay poverty wages
The Clean Clothes Campaign argues in this opinion piece that the praise awarded to H&M for raising its purchasing prices to accommodate increased legal minimum wage for the garment sector in Bangladesh is unwarranted, and the fact the industry and media applaud it is indicative of a thoroughly broken system.
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Series Holding technology companies accountable for human rights violations in Africa
As technology companies increasingly find foot in Africa, irresponsible use of digital technologies has the potential to cause harm to individuals and communities.
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Series Telecommunication governance is key to guaranteeing internet rights in Zimbabwe
Accountability Lab looks at the state of internet shutdowns in Zimbabwe and discusses what action needs to be taken by telecommunication companies operating in the country.
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