FINANCIAL TIMES: “We often view the low prices and resultant labour rights abuse as baked into the fast fashion model but those problems are more pervasive than that. There’s the expectation that if you are buying something luxury it is very bespoke and has been created closer to home. Often, that’s not the case.”

Natalie Swan, Labour Rights Programme Manager at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

FINANCIAL TIMES: “[The Osage case] brings into sharp relief that disregarding the rights of local communities and indigenous populations in the race to a decarbonised economy . . . is short sighted, and there’s real consequences for the bottom line as there is for the surrounding population."

Michael Clements, director of international programmes at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

KENYA NEWS: “There are material risks to failure to respect human rights in terms of reputation, damage, legal risks and litigations. These may slow down the renewal energy transition that the country has envisaged, if businesses are interrupted and their licenses withheld by the regulator."

Dr Joseph Kibugu, African Regional Director at the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

THE MOSCOW TIMES: "... A just transition to clean energy cannot come at the expense of people and the environment. Significant changes are urgently needed in the mining sector throughout Eastern Europe and Central Asia if the energy transition is to be fast and fair, as the sector is riddled with human rights and environmental abuses."

Ella Skubenko, Senior Researcher for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

“If you do the just transition right, then workers, communities, the private sector and states really can benefit from it."

Elodie Aba, Senior Legal Researcher at the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

VOGUE BUSINESS: “Attention to labour exploitation in apparel supply chains has traditionally focused on so-called fast fashion companies, while the luxury segment has largely avoided scrutiny based on the perception that higher price points, Europe-based direct suppliers and quality artisanry meant garments were produced ethically."

Áine Clarke, Head of KnowTheChain and Investor Strategy at Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM: "It is crucial for companies to demonstrate that they have engaged in a dialogue with any stakeholders reportedly affected by allegations of abuse."

Áine Clarke, Head of KnowTheChain and Investor Strategy at Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

THE DIPLOMAT: "Care worker migration could be a “win-win-win” scenario: workers from across Asia find opportunities for career development, acute labor shortages in the Global North are relieved, and sending countries receive remittances that can boost development. Instead, migrant workers from South and Southeast Asia are left traumatized from abuse, while recruitment fees eat away at remittances with consequences for entire families and communities back home."

Catriona Fraser, Migrant Workers Researcher at the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.