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UK telecommunications giant Vodafone announced on 8 April that it has extended its plan supporting those who are unemployed, which was first launched in the UK at the end of 2020. The initiative...

12 April 2021

Germany: slow start to coronavirus testing in companies causing controversy

In line with a decision by Germany’s Federal Government and its various Länders on 03 March 2021, companies are being called on to offer free weekly (at least) Covid rapid antigen tests...

6 April 2021

United Kingdom: PwC unveils hybrid model for post-pandemic working, combining remote and in-office work

On 30 March professional services firm PwC announced that its 22,000 UK employees will be able to continue flexible working once the Covid-19 pandemic has passed and will be able to go to the...

2 April 2021

UNI Global Union and group of investors join forces to pressure nursing home operators to improve working conditions

UNI Global Union, the international union federation for the services sectors, and a group of large investors – asset managers and 70 pension funds looking after $3.34 trillion of assets combined...

2 April 2021

Myanmar: call to textile companies for action in the face of repression on workers opposing the military coup

Six weeks after Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown by the military, opposition to the coup is not weakening, in spite of increasingly harsh repressive action, which...

17 March 2021

United Kingdom: companies invited to submit their annual modern slavery statement to a central website

On 11 March, the UK government unveiled an online registry where companies can file their annual modern slavery statement, if they so wish. As a reminder, since 2015, commercial organisations with...

12 March 2021

EU: MEPs advance on a future EU Directive on human rights related corporate due diligence

On 10 March the European Parliament adopted its draft report containing recommendations to the European Commission on corporate due diligence and accountabilit. The text marginally modifies the...

11 March 2021

Germany: government adopts draft legislation on corporate due diligence in supply chains

Initially unveiled on 12 February 2021 by the three Federal Ministers for Employment, Cooperation and the Economy (c.f. article No.12360), Germany’s bill on due diligence in supply chains was...

3 March 2021

United States: lawsuit filed against chocolate manufacturers for forced child labor

The International Rights Advocates (IRA), a human rights firm, has filed a lawsuit in Washington DC against major chocolate internationals Nestlé, Cargill, Barry Callebaut, Mars, Olam, Hershey and...

18 February 2021

Germany: governing coalition to propose law on supply chain due diligence by end of March 2021

On Friday 12 February, Germany’s economy, labour and cooperation minsters reached an agreement on the major points of a new ‘supply chain law’, which will increase the due diligence obligations of...

15 February 2021

EU: EU Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs adopted its resolution on multinational enterprise due diligence

On 27 January 2021, the EU Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs members adopted a draft resolution that intends to serve as a basis from which the European Commission can draw as it works on...

28 January 2021

Human rights: governments and NGOs up pressure on companies to prevent exploitation of Uighurs

As evidence of the enslavement of hundreds of thousands of Uighurs accumulates, with members of the population deported from their homes and often locked up in huge labour camps, there is a...

22 January 2021

Unilever commits to guaranteeing a living wage in its supply chain by 2030

On 21 January 2021, Unilever, the UK multinational consumer goods group, issued a press release detailing its commitments to help ‘build a more inclusive society’ (here). Foremost among these is...

21 January 2021

Apple to adjust executive bonuses according to social and environmental criteria

In its annual report sent to shareholders on 05 January 5 ahead of it annual general meeting, the American multinational technology company announced that going forward the company will vary the...

7 January 2021

United Kingdom: Unilever commits to preventing discrimination on the basis of hair and hairstyles

The consumer goods giant Unilever has signed up to the Halo Code, the UK’s first black hair code, which aims to protect people with afros and other black hairstyles so they can go to work or...

11 December 2020

Switzerland: responsible business initiative fails to garner sufficient support

In a vote held on Sunday 29 November, a popular initiative in Switzerland that seeks to hold large companies in the country accountable for the actions of their affiliates and suppliers abroad...

30 November 2020

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