UNGPs Guidance & Implementation - Business & Human Rights …
UNGPs Guidance & Implementation. This section features guidance on how companies and governments should implement the UN Guiding Principles. Under the UNGPs, companies should: express their commitment to respect human rights through a policy statement; conduct human rights due diligence; and remediate negative impacts they have caused or ...
Nike is facing a new wave of anti-sweatshop protests
Aug 1, 2017 · On July 29, students and activists around the world participated in a day of protest against Nike, organized by United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS). The demonstrations, in cities such as Boston, Washington D.C., Bangalore, and San Pedro Sula in Honduras, represented an escalation of allegations against Nike that have been slowly bubbling up.
Background & History of the Guiding Principles - Business
Oct 17, 2024 · The Guiding Principles were drafted by UN Special Representative on business & human rights John Ruggie during his 2005-2011 mandate – click here for our (archived) portal on the work of UN Special Representative Ruggie, including background materials prepared in connection with the Guiding Principles and the UN “Protect, Respect and Remedy ...
USA: H&M faces 'greenwashing' class-action lawsuit over alleged ...
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Mandatory due diligence - Business & Human Rights Resource …
Under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights companies have a responsibility to undertake human rights due diligence. Yet a decade after their adoption benchmarks and analyses demonstrate low levels of commitment: almost half (46.2%) of the largest companies in the world analysed in the latest Corporate Human Rights Benchmark failed to show any evidence of identifying or ...
Global: New campaigns highlight Shein's alleged human rights …
Mar 27, 2023 · Fast-fashion is under growing scrutiny from policymakers, and Shein has become a particular lightning rod for criticism. The ‘Shut Down Shein’ campaign launched in the USA and "Stop Shein" campaign launched in France early 2023 both point to claims the company has faced over working conditions in its supply chain and its sourcing of cotton from Xinjiang, China.
Labour Rights - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Labour Rights. Global inequalities in power allow the profit maximisation model of businesses to shape a global economy that prioritises profit over people. The dominance of this model facilitates various forms of exploitation including poverty wages, discrimination and violence, crackdowns on trade unions and collective organising, rising ...
Charges Confirmed against Lafarge for Complicity in Crimes …
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Text of the Guiding Principles - Business & Human Rights …
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China: Shein factory employees work 18 hours a day with no …
Oct 16, 2022 · Part of the following timelines China: Shein's sudden rise and the hidden costs borne by workers behind cheap fashion. Chinese fast fashion retailer Shein faces controversy over trip bringing American influencers to factory in China