UK government succeeds in weakening EU corporate transparency reform
The UK and other governments have succeeded in watering down new European rules designed to boost corporate transparency. However, MEPs brought forward and defended some important improvements to the initial proposal, such as a requirement for companies to report on the most significant risks to people and planet posed by their suppliers. The reform will...
Corporate abuse victims sign away rights under UK company complaint process
Tanzanian villagers using an internal company grievance process to raise complaints about UK mining firm African Barrick Gold (ABG) have been required to sign a confidential legal waiver, committing them to secrecy and barring them from taking part in any further actions against the company. Read the press release >>
Justice denied for victims of corporate human rights abuse
Victims of human rights abuses caused by multinational companies are unable to access justice, despite government commitments to action made over two years ago, according to a major new report released ahead of the UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva.
Action plan on human rights must go beyond business as usual
A coalition of human rights and development NGOs, alongside unions, has given a cautious welcome to today’s launch of an official UK government Action Plan on Business and Human Rights by Vince Cable and William Hague. Read the press release >>
Government must extend extraterritoriality to curb corporate abuse
Parliamentarians and NGOs have welcomed a report by a committee of MPs urging the government to do more to address human rights abuses resulting from the overseas activities of UK businesses. Read the press release >>
UK government intervenes to aid Shell in US court case over human rights abuses in Niger Delta
The UK Government is facing a series of difficult questions after it surfaced that it has chosen to intervene on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell in a major US court case brought against the oil giant by Nigerian villagers. Read the press release >>
