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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Two years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, a 6 million $ shortfall remains in the compensation fund for families of those who lost their lives or were wounded.
On April 24 2013 a textile factory collapsed in Bangladesh causing the death of more than 1,100 workers who produced garments for Western companies. The tragedy also left several thousand wounded...
How digital campaigning could influence businesses’ social practices
Last February, Italian clothing brand Benetton agreed to contribute to a compensation fund for victims of the Rana Plaza disaster (c.f. article No. 8912). This last minute turnaround by the...
India: the trade union IndustriAll Global Union attacks Sumangali practice, the exploitation of young Indian girls in the textile industry
The Tamil word Sumangali means “happily married woman”. The word is, however, used to designate a form of labour exploitation, that of young women from rural areas, usually adolescents. These...
France: rights group Sherpa and the CGT accuse Vinci of forced labour in Qatar
On 23 March, the NGO Sherpa with the building federation of the CGT claimed that Vinci Construction, and those running its branch in Qatar (QDVC), has used forced labour on the construction sites...
Lawsuit filed in Germany against the country’s largest discount clothing retailer KiK for damages and interest after a factory fire in Pakistan
A Pakistani worker and the families of some of the victims lost in a manufacturing factory fire in Pakistan in 2012 have been assisted by several union and human rights organizations in a...
Germany to promote “sustainable supply chains” and decent work during G7 Presidency
Two years after the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, which killed more than 1,000 Bangladeshi workers in the clothing industry, the German government has decided to focus on sustainable...
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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EU: Commission proposes loosening of AI regulations
On 19 November, the European Commission published a proposal for an omnibus regulation aimed at simplifying the AI Act in order to ‘ensure the swift, smooth and proportionate implementation’ of...
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
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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Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation
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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28 November 2025
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Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia
On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...
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28 November 2025