The UK’s political and economic journey creates opportunities for lobbying and collaboration across civil society. CORE will continue to work with our partners to defend standards and campaign for positive change. Are decades of progressive EU legislation about to be done away with as the UK Government desperately tries to hang on to foreign investors?...
Over a year in, the Sustainable Development Goals show no sign of losing momentum. Ruth Mhlanga reflects on how businesses can support the SDGs to create a world free from poverty without breaking the planet. Blog by Ruth Mlanga, Oxfam Private Sector Policy Advisor
CORE and our partner organisations are calling for the law to be changed so that companies and banks can be held to account for fraud and money laundering.
Tuning into last Wednesday’s JCHR Business & Human Rights evidence session, I watched Fiona Bruce MP questioning BEIS Minister Margot James about the UK National Contact Point for the OECD guidelines, and its ability to resolve complaints arising from alleged human rights abuses.
Around 40 people from partner organisations joined CORE board members and staff at The Foundry on 23 January for our Annual Partners' Meeting.
This blog summarises Deborah Doane's and Dr. Jennifer Zerk's presentation of the findings from their short study into the implications of Brexit for corporate accountability, commissioned by CORE.30 September 2016 CORE Director, Marilyn Croser, speaks to the Ethical Consumer conference about the successes and challenges in holding companies accountable. Click here to share this blog post
Listen to CORE Director, Marilyn Croser, give a whistle-stop tour of CORE’s history and campaigns – all in nine minutes. Here you can find out how CORE and our partners are demanding an end to corporate impunity, and seeking accountability for businesses responsible for gross economic, environmental and human rights abuses across the world. Click here to...
CORE welcomes the government’s announcement that it is considering requiring private companies to report on diversity, greenhouse gas emissions, and social and community issues. CORE and our partner organisations have been pressing for the government to make private companies publish this information since 2014, when new European reporting rules were under discussion. Any irresponsible company...
An important bill aimed at tackling the big issue of corruption is currently making its way through Parliament. It is called the Criminal Finances Bill. Money laundering, recovering the proceeds of crime, tax evasion and terrorist funding are among the key targets for Home Secretary Amber Rudd. In her 10 November speech to the Financial...
