CSR

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

India: social enterprises build 100% female delivery teams

In Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai women roam the streets on scooters, delivering packages door-to-door. India has seen e-commence grow rapidly, with the number of consumers making online...

11 October 2017

Carrefour: interview with CSR Head Bertrand Swiderski on the Bangladesh Accord

Carrefour was one of the first companies to sign the 2013 Bangladesh Accord on Fire & Building Safety (c.f. article No. 130323) and is also one of the first to have renewed its commitment as...

4 October 2017

Argentina: agricultural sector remains black sheep amid fight against child labour

With Argentina gearing up to host the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour, on 14th and 16th November in Buenos Aires, the country’s government insists that the issue...

31 August 2017

Germany: Federal Development Ministry and the DGB sign a partnership agreement aimed at reinforcing union organizations in developing countries

Two and a half years after having jointly set up in November 2014 the 'German alliance for a sustainable textile sector', which also gathers companies and NGOs together the German Minister for...

21 July 2017

The accident prevention fund, Vision Zero Fund, starts its first African project in Ethiopia

A few days after the G20 summit meeting in Hamburg, where in a landmark move the twenty richest nations made a commitment in their final declaration to promote the implementation of social and...

18 July 2017

G20 nations commit to promoting the implementation of social and environmental standards along global supply chains

NGOs have welcomed what is a first for a G20 summit meeting, which this time was held in Germany’s city of Hamburg between 07 and 08 July. In a landmark move, and for the first time ever, the G20...

11 July 2017

OECD National Contact Point for France accepts a complaint filed by a US trade union against the Natixis banking group

In an landmark case, US employees at a California-based luxury hotel have filed a complaint against Natixis, the US subsidiary of which, AEW Capital Management, oversees the site in question...

17 May 2017

Guidelines for investors to evaluate workers’ human rights and labor standards

In recognition of International Workers’ Day, on 01 May the Committee on Workers' Capital (CWC)* released its Guidelines for the Evaluation of Workers' Human Rights and Labor Standards. Produced...

3 May 2017

In brief, the European Parliament has demanded that a directive be introduced to ensure a duty of reasonable due diligence in the textile sector

In a resolution adopted on 27 April, members of the European Parliament demanded the introduction of “EU rules […] to oblige textile and clothing suppliers to respect workers’ rights”.

28 April 2017

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