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Human rights violations have increased 70% globally since 2008

Update

Tweet by Marilyn Croser CORE The UK government must hold companies to account for abuses such as slavery, land grabs and trade in conflict minerals, says report Since 2008, there has been an unprecedented rise in human rights violations globally, up 70% according to a new report. Workers’ rights are seriously compromised and rural and...

September 9th, 2014 | by James Whiting

conflict minerals land grabs Modern slavery and labour rights

UK government must legislate to tackle corporate human rights abuse abroad

Press releases

Opportunities this autumn for action to address slavery in supply chains and the trade in conflict minerals – The UK government must stop relying on voluntary measures to prevent UK businesses harming people and the environment overseas, a network of leading human rights, development and environmental NGOs said today.

September 4th, 2014 | by James Whiting

Channel 4 Dispatches: Supermarkets – only half the story

Comment

This week, Channel 4 Dispatches investigated supermarket supply chains and revealed the working lives of those at the very bottom: the people who pick, pack and manufacture our food.

August 5th, 2014 | by James Whiting

Modern slavery and labour rights supply chains

UNHRC votes on business and human rights resolutions

Update

At the 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, June 2014, two resolutions were adopted by the Council. The first, drafted by Ecuador and South Africa, directs “to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group with the mandate to elaborate an international legally binding instrument on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with respect...

July 4th, 2014 | by Corporate Justice Coalition

Seeking quality guidance for your strategic report? The FRC's Guidance on the Strategic Report misses the mark

Update

Tweet The Financial Reporting Council has published its Guidance on the Strategic Report. The non-mandatory guidelines are designed to encourage companies to provide their shareholders with a holistic and meaningful picture of their business model, strategy, development, performance, position and future prospects. In the lead up to the release of the report, accountancy bodies, investors...

June 1st, 2014 | by James Whiting

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Letter to Jenny Willott MP: Supply Chain Transparency (May 2014)

Update

As part of our ongoing work around corporate transparency, we wrote to Jenny Willott MP, Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, to request a meeting to discuss progress on supply chain transparency. BIS has put a good deal of effort and resources into reform of non-financial reporting, corporate governance and supply chain transparency. It...

May 10th, 2014 | by James Whiting

Modern slavery and labour rights supply chains

Prosperity, neutrality, reality (& accountability?)

Analysis

By Marilyn Croser, CORE Director Four things that jumped out at me from the Kiobel FoI documents that have been released to CORE: We have a problem A section on p.52 headed ‘Prosperity and support to British business’ in a briefing for Ministers on whether to submit an amicus brief in the Kiobel case includes...

April 8th, 2014 | by Marilyn Croser

Modern Slavery committee endorses supply chain legislation

Analysis

The report from the parliamentary committee looking at the draft Modern Slavery bill has recommended legislative measures to address the issue in company supply chains. Key extracts: 169. ….The CORE Coalition warned us that the purely voluntary approach has not been effective at eliminating modern slavery. 170. We recognise the important role NGOs have played...

April 8th, 2014 | by Marilyn Croser

To make a successful FOI request, take a big dollop of patience and a handful of top-class law students

Comment

Marilyn Croser, CORE Coordinator Below is some background about our story in today’s Guardian on the way Shell and Rio Tinto successfully lobbied the UK government for support against human rights court cases in the U.S. The FCO documents were released to us at the end of February, for key quotes and analysis see this...

April 7th, 2014 | by Marilyn Croser