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Fast fashion and luxury brands shift orders in hunt for cheaper labour, impacting thousands of garment workers
Dozens of fast fashion and luxury brands - including H&M, Ralph Lauren, ASOS, MANGO, Michael Kors, COACH, Gucci and others - have been linked to violations of labour rights in new research released today.
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Public participation rights at risk in the rush to extract transition minerals
Transition minerals are needed to power the energy transition – but new research suggests accelerated mining permit and licensing procedures without sufficient safeguards and respect for participation rights risks breeding social conflicts.
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New research reveals risk of egregious migrant worker abuse in Gulf renewable energy supply chains
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and Equidem research reveals migrant workers are exposed to the risk of severe labour rights violations while working on renewable energy projects integral to the energy transition in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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Urgent need for renewable energy sector to embrace fair and equitable partnerships with Indigenous Peoples
New research looks at the advantages of building renewable energy projects that respect Indigenous Peoples’ rights and transformative new business models.
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155 incidents of labour rights violations in 213 days ‘are just the tip of the iceberg’ under military rule in Myanmar
Nearly four years after the military takeover in Myanmar, new data has revealed garment workers in the country continue to face dire and repressive working conditions – with concerning impacts on their physical and mental health.
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Renewable energy companies failing to address human rights issues in Southeast Asia
As Southeast Asia races to scale up renewable energy, there are significant human rights and environmental risks that must be urgently addressed. However, new analysis has revealed most renewable energy companies are operating in the region without robust human rights policies in place – a foundational step to ensuring renewable energy projects are developed and deployed in a rights-respecting manner.
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Major apparel brands in Mexico fail to address supply chain human rights risks
A new report released today (18 September 2024) has revealed how leading apparel companies in Mexico are failing to address human rights risks associated with their operations. The research, published by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, analyses the human rights policies and supply chain transparency of 18 major parent companies of the country’s top apparel brands. It reveals a concerning lack of transparency and inadequate mechanisms to address human rights impacts in Mexico’s apparel industry.
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Major fashion brands fail to ensure garment workers are protected amid the continuing Bangladesh unrest
Bestseller, Mango, Levi Strauss, Target and Walmart among brands who provided no information on how they have ensured responsible purchasing practices during the recent unrest.
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BHRRC comment on UNSG-led panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals: An important step towards respect for human rights, but bolder action by governments and private sector remains critical
On 11 September 2024, a UN panel released the first-ever set of global principles to guide the extraction of minerals that are key to manufacturing technologies needed in the energy transition. The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) has been recording evidence of severe human rights abuses in transition minerals mining for over a decade and commends the ambition of the principles to work towards a “new paradigm rooted in equity and justice” - it has never been more urgent.
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New data reveals migrant worker abuse in global supply chains
Giorgio Armani, nickel mining company Jiangsu Delong, and digital platform companies Uber Eats and Deliveroo among companies most linked to allegations of migrant worker abuse in 2024.
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