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Closing the gap: Evidence for effective human rights due diligence from five years measuring company efforts to address forced labour
This briefing utilises KnowTheChain data on 129 companies from nine benchmarks across three high-risk sectors: ICT, food and beverage, and apparel and footwear to influence the development of mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence legislation.
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This Week’s Headlines: Corporate Engagement Response
In January 2014, KnowTheChain and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre separately contacted 129 companies that had not yet been identified as having a SB-657 statement, encouraging them to adopt one. On Tuesday, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre featured an article in its weekly newsletter with the results of this outreach. “Of […]
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The Human Impact of Corporate Behavior
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria each merit consideration when assessing a company’s sustainability impact. Yet, the social pillar tends to be overshadowed by companies’ narrow definitions of what it means to be “sustainable”. For more than 20 years, Sustainalytics has provided ESG research and services to investors to help them develop and implement responsible […]
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Trending Now: Transparency
I live in Los Angeles, a city of self-proclaimed foodies who frequent farmers markets for locally grown organic produce. For the good of the environment and for their own health, my friends will happily spend a Saturday afternoon picking out pesticide-free kale grown within a 50-mile radius of our neighborhood. While I certainly affirm their […]
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Transparency—A Step Towards Ending Modern-Day Slavery
Guidance developed specifically for banks on their exposure to human rights abuses and what steps they can take to address possible risks. […]
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