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A socially responsible quality label for hotels that respect employees’ fundamental labor rights. Thus the project that Spain’s hospitality trade unions have just launched, in partnership with the...

24 January 2019

The Netherlands: further postponement of the discussion of the Child Labour Due Diligence Law

On 16 October 2018, the Dutch Senate’s Committee for Foreign Affairs, Defense and Development Cooperation ( BDO) decided to postpone the discussion of the Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Law (Wet...

29 October 2018

United States : new trade union leaders turning spotlight on investment funds

The Private Equity Stakeholder Project association is supported by several trade unions and it seeks to identify, engage, and connect with shareholders of investment funds, and pension funds over...

16 October 2018

France: will draft legislation that aims to broaden businesses goals beyond pure profit really change anything?

In February 2017, attention turned to France as it adopted landmark due diligence legislation requiring certain French corporates to anticipate and prevent environmental and human rights...

15 October 2018

CSR: using blockchain technology to combat forced labor

Blockchain technology enables several sectors to access a single register that is decentralized, transparent, and by its construction, really tough to hack. In both the US and Europe, companies...

8 October 2018

Modern slavery along global supply chains: five key countries including the UK and the USA develop four key principles to eradicate this scourge

Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the US, and the UK belong to the group of nations that on 25 September presented a landmark practical set of provisions that other nations’ government can adopt in...

27 September 2018

Three French trade union bodies are applying pressure on companies operating in the Israeli-occupied-territories

In a report (in French)*published in June 2018, three French trade union organizations, the CGT, CFDT, and the SUD called on Alstom, Egis-Rail and Systra** to halt their participation in the...

20 September 2018

UN: Treaty discussions restart based on a draft text on multinational corporation responsibility in cases of human rights violations

Discussions on a draft Treaty on multinational corporation responsibility in cases of human rights violations (c.f. articles No. 10416 and No. 9188) are set to restart on 15 October, and will be...

13 September 2018

Australia : law tabled to stop modern slavery (brief)

A draft bill on modern slavery (here) was tabled in the Australian parliament on 28 June and is set to receive support from both sides of the house, guaranteeing its adoption. Once in force, 3,000...

29 June 2018

Switzerland: National Council adopts draft law establishing reasonable due diligence requirement for multinationals

In order to avoid a more demanding law, which could result from the so-called ‘responsible business initiative’, and a vote on the issue, the lower house of the Swiss parliament decided to bring...

22 June 2018

CSR: social dialogue, a corporate social responsibility ‘blind spot’ both in Europe and globally (a Vigeo Eiris study)

Vigeo Eiris is a global provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research to investors and public and private corporates. The ESG ratings agency has recently published a report on...

13 June 2018

Poland: companies increasingly commit to a CSR approach/more actively involved in CSR

The Responsible Business Forum think tank comprising from large company senior executives has just published its ‘Responsible Business in Poland. Good Practices 2017’ report, which reviews 1,190...

16 May 2018

Rana Plaza; five years on

It was almost five years ago when on 24 April 2013 the 8-storey Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed resulting in 1,134 fatalities and 2,000 injured. At the time the disaster caused a great...

12 April 2018

France: backs the Global Deal initiative

On 17 November, during the Social Summit gathering in Gothenberg, French President Emmanuel Macron announced France’s backing for the Global Deal initiative that was launched in September 2016 by...

21 December 2017

United Kingdom: eight leading companies commit to tackling slavery

The first Business Against Slavery Forum was held in London in October. The event brought together the chief executives of eight leading UK companies, including banking groups Barclays and HSBC as...

3 November 2017

Bangladesh accord on textile factories: tribunal in The Hague to hear complaints against two leading international brands

In a statement issued on 17 October, IndustriAll Global Union welcomed the decision made public yesterday evening by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, which deemed complaints tabled...

17 October 2017

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