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H&M: the Swedish company, together with the IF Metall union and the ILO, is launching a project to develop collective bargaining within its Cambodian subcontractors
The project is carried by H&M, the clothing brand, IF Metall, the Swedish union, the Swedish government via its development and cooperation agency, and the ILO. After SKF and Atlas Corpo...
Brazil: the fight against slave labor could become weaker after Congress adopts a 15-year-old text
On June 5, the Brazilian Congress promulgated constitutional amendment No. 81 on slave labor, which the Senate had unanimously voted a few days earlier. Shifted back and forth between the two...
The question of social responsibility raised at the General Assembly of T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom’s American subsidiary
The social responsibility issue is becoming key at T-Mobile USA. The company’s last general meeting showed that T-Mobile’s major investors agreed with the American unions, backing their efforts...
Spain: listed businesses to set female representation objectives on their decision-making structures
The government approved, at a Council of Ministers meeting, the bill on the governance of listed companies. It provides for the obligation for these undertakings to set objectives to achieve...
Nearly 14 million economic forced workers in the world, ILO says
Across the globe, the number of people doing forced labor, victims of sexual exploitation and of modern slavery is around 21 million, denounces a new report by the International Labor Organization...
CSR: involving unions from multinationals’ home countries to defend workers’ rights among suppliers throughout the world – the example of Spanish unions and Inditex
For several years, international unions have been actively involved to get multinational companies to sign commitments regarding compliance with fundamental rights throughout the value chain...
EU: European Commission launches public consultation on its new CSR strategy
Since the European strategy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) will expire at the end of the year, the European Commission is launching a big public consultation to determine the political...
Ireland: new National Plan on Corporate Social Responsibility
This month, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, launched the National Plan on Corporate Social Responsibility 2014-2016. Entitled “Good for Business, Good for the...
Bangladesh: first anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building
On April 24, 2013, 1,135 employees died and more than 2,000 were injured in this tragedy. After it, the worst in the history of the textile industry, the sector’s stakeholders commenced many...
France: mobilization for the introduction of duty of care for parent companies
A few days to the anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile plant in Bangladesh, mobilization is growing in France for the bill aiming to introduce a duty of care for parent company to...
Tunisia: CONECT, the employers’ organization, launches a CSR label
On March 28, in Tunis, the 3rd international conference on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) took place on the following theme: “Public-private partnerships” (PPP), the vectors to develop...
Bangladesh: first results of the plant inspections implemented as part of the Global Safety Accord among textile subcontractors
On March 10, the reports on the first 10 factories inspected in Bangladesh were published. These are the direct result from the agreement signed in May 2013 between international trade unions and...
World Cup 2022: Qatar must do better
Qatar announced the introduction of protection standards for foreign workers operating on construction sites for the soccer world cup in 2022. But the International Trade Union Confederation says...
Spain: NGOs worried about composition of draft plan to supervise corporate social responsibility in Spanish businesses abroad
While the “Corporate and Human Rights Plan” is being prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some NGOs consulted during its formulation are worried about the text’s structure. They point out...
Samsung’s social practices in China denounced
In December, one of Samsung’s suppliers in China was caught for the bad working conditions imposed on its employees. It’s not the first time a subcontracting working for the south-Korean group is...
SRI: extraction industries under the microscope
Since July, BNP-Paribas has been applying a SRI policy specific to the mining sector. Worldwide, extraction industries are the most criticized for their negative impact on the people. (Ref. ...
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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...
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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...
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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