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Major electronics and automobile brands have not been doing basic checks to ensure that their products do not include cobalt mined by children, criticized Amnesty International and African...

19 January 2016

Primark and the British government join forces to improve workers’ conditions in developing countries

Almost three years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, Irish clothing brand Primark and the UK government are joining forces to try and improve the lot of textile workers, especially female workers in...

8 January 2016

France: together the Sherpa association and the consumer association Indocesa-CGT bring Samsung a summons to appear before the courts, on grounds of misleading commercial practices, following new revelations over child labor in China

On 17 December 2015, Sherpa announced that together with Indecosa-CGT it was bringing a summons to Samsung Electronics France (SEF) as well as Samsung in Korea to appear before the tribunal at...

17 December 2015

Great Britain: the jobs challenge for older workers

Mindful of the skill shortages that are expected to materialize over the next few years, some British companies are investing in ‘senior-friendly’ HR policies.

25 November 2015

Great Britain: a practical guide to implement the transparency in supply chains provision in the Act combatting modern slavery in businesses’ global supply chains

On 29 October 2015 measures in the Modern Slavery Law concerning the requirement for transparency along supply chains came into force. Any commercial organisation, including those established...

20 November 2015

NGOs, guardians of CSR

Faced with increasingly powerful cross border actors, NGOs are multiplying the number of detailed and comprehensive reports including recommendations as well as the number of their ‘name and...

22 October 2015

France: political tug of war over a proposed law on due diligence

On 21 October a proposed law on parent company and contracting businesses’ due diligence will go for examination before a Senate plenary meeting. The National Assembly previously adopted the text...

20 October 2015

Inditex: Vietnam textile unions build Inditex network

IndustriALL global Union representatives together with the Vietnamese CGTV union have combined forces to build a union network aimed at defending workers across 42 factories in northern Vietnam...

19 October 2015

The G7 makes a moderate commitment to fostering sustainable global supply chains

The G7 Ministers of Employment, Labor, Social Affairs, International Cooperation and Development, gathered together in Berlin on 12 - 13 October to improve working conditions along global supply...

15 October 2015

China: due diligence guidelines for responsible mineral supply chains

Public consultation over due diligence guidelines for responsible mineral supply chains commenced at the beginning of October and will continue until the end of the month. The goal of the...

13 October 2015

France: former Congolese employees at Comilog, a subsidiary of French group Eramet secure compensation from the French courts for the breaches of contract

After a 23 year long legal battle, former Congolese employees at Comilog (La Compagnie Minière de l'Ogooué, Ogooué Mining Company), a Gabon based subsidiary of French mining company Eramet...

11 September 2015

Multinational corporations: increasingly accountable for their human rights behavior?

In the United States a consumer action group set up in protest at the modern slavery policy used in Nestlé’s supply chain in Thailand for the production of pets feed products represents the latest...

1 September 2015

Work starts on a binding treaty for multinational company responsibility with respect to human rights violations

The first session of the “intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights,” guided by the UNO Human Rights Council came to...

13 July 2015

Great Britain: the fight against modern slavery in supply chains is about to get started

For the first time, once the summer comes to a close, firms operating in Britain will have to report on an annual basis what they are doing to combat human trafficking along their global...

6 July 2015

Forced labour: despite efforts, the electronics sector is still the underperformer

139 graves and abandoned camps, which are thought to have housed hundreds of people, have been discovered. At the end of May, Malaysia was once again faced with a truth which has eaten away at the...

29 June 2015

G-7 Summit: explicit support for establishing social minima along global supply chains

It is the first time that the subject of social and environmental standards in the labor world has occupied such an important place on the G7 agenda. The summit was held at the Chateau Elmau in...

10 June 2015

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On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...

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Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...

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