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The state body, Gangmasters Licensing Authority, has announced that it is working with the major supermarket chain, Sainsbury’s, to train staff to identify employee exploitation in the supply...

17 December 2014

Prosegur: the company is temporarily suspended from an ILO program in Colombia

Prosegur is the world no 3 in the private security sector (manned guarding, cash in transit, technology & alarms). The company currently employs more than 155,000 across four continents...

16 December 2014

Japan: Toyota looks to hire more female engineers

Both the public and private sectors in Japan are trying to boost female hires. Toyota Motor Corp and its 9* subsidiaries are leading the way in supporting females’ careers. The group believes that...

10 December 2014

Poland: new regulations over public procurement should also help combat social dumping

In October 19th an important amendment of PPL came into force, which aims to counteract problems encountered in the public procurement process in Poland, such as competition among companies based...

9 December 2014

Russia: an interview with Alexeï Kostin, founder of the CSR – Russian Centre

Since 2004 Alexeï Kostin has worked tirelessly to convert Russian businesses towards corporate social responsibility and as a consequence is now known as the authority in the domain. He is the...

25 November 2014

EU: non-financial reporting directive published (CSR)

On November 15, the directive on the disclosure of non-financial information and data regarding diversity in large businesses and certain groups was published in the Official Journal of the EU...

17 November 2014

The free trade agreement between Switzerland and China includes standards over social and labor rights

The China-Switzerland free trade agreement officially entered into effect on July 1 2014 is the second such agreement that the Chinese authorities have signed with a European country and the first...

11 November 2014

Great Britain: larger companies will have to disclose their anti-slavery efforts

In order to stamp out the rot of slavery, which is prevalent in supply chains, the UK government will require larger companies to play the transparency card and disclose on an annual basis the...

14 October 2014

EU: Directive on disclosure of non-financial information adopted

On September 29, 2014 the EU Council of Ministers adopted the Directive on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information. Large companies, banks and insurance companies, each with more...

30 September 2014

Cambodia: eight major fashion brands commit to maintaining their supply orders even if local salaries rise

On September 19, 2014 a press statement released by the IndustriAll Global Union said that eight brands had written to the Cambodian Vice Premier Minister and to the President of the ...

22 September 2014

International: the US government wants to sanction Guatemala for not giving enough protection to its workers

The American government has requested sanctions be put in place against Guatemala for violation of the Labor Code. This request has been lodged within the framework of the CAFTA-DR (Dominican...

22 September 2014

Germany: the federal government has for the second time awarded the ‘Corporate Social Responsibility Prize’

On Wednesday September 17, 2014 four German companies including the Otto group (in the category of ‘a company with more than 5000 employees’) and the soft packaging company Bischof + Klein GmbH...

19 September 2014

H&M: signature on a global agreement in partnership with the ILO on sustainable global supply chains in the garment industry

Signed on September 15, 2014 this agreement is the first of its kind, forging a partnership between the retail-clothing company and the tripartite international organization. It covers industrial...

18 September 2014

Germany: ArcelorMittal Bremen management requires that companies contracted to provide services adhere to the social charter negotiated with the works council

Under pressure from the works council at ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH (AMB), management and the council together have developed a ‘social charter’. It targets companies looking to sign service...

16 September 2014

International: work on the development of binding international standards for multinational enterprises and human rights to start in 2015

The resolution adopted on June 26 by the UN’s Human Rights Council provides for the introduction of an Intergovernmental Working Group in 2015 to negotiate legally binding instrument on...

4 July 2014

United States: Silicon Valley in a hurry to combat discrimination

50 years after the antidiscrimination laws that put an end to segregation passed, former civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has gotten internet giants such as Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo! or Facebook...

30 June 2014

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On 24 February, two months after the European Parliament, the Council of the EU adopted the omnibus package amending the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate...

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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”

Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...

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