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Joint NGO Briefing: Due Diligence in Schedule 16 of the UK Environment Bill

Briefing

Schedule 16 in the UK’s Environment Bill seeks to tackle the UK’s contribution to global deforestation. The proposal establishes a legal framework to address the environmental footprint of the UK’s consumption of forest risk commodities by placing a due diligence requirement on companies. Given the prevalence of human rights impacts and risks associated with forest...

May 27th, 2021 | by Client Earth and Partners

Business and human rights Environment Bill Global Resource Initiative

A Material Transition

Partner resource

This report examines the potential widespread environmental destruction and human rights abuses unleashed by the extraction of transition minerals – the raw materials needed for the production of renewable energy technologies.

May 26th, 2021 | by London Mining Network and Partners

FPIC Indigenous Peoples Just transition

Holding Companies to Account: How a new EU law can help create a more sustainable future

Partner resource

A new Global Witness policy briefing sets out key proposals for a robust human rights and environmental due diligence obligation and corporate liability regime in EU law.

May 5th, 2021 | by Global Witness

Corporate governance EU human rights and environmental due diligence

Joint civil society response to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee report: ‘Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang and UK value chains.’

Briefing

Current law and policy – including the Modern Slavery Act – have proved wholly inadequate to both prevent UK companies from contributing to human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or to compel companies to address human rights abuses in their broader supply chains.

April 13th, 2021

Written submission by members and endorsers of the Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region

Briefing

This submission has been submitted to the BEIS Committee on behalf of the members and endorsers of the Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region, a coalition of over 280 Uyghur representative groups.

March 29th, 2021

human rights Uyghurs

Frequently asked questions: A Business, Human Rights and Environment Act

Other

This short FAQ explains what we're calling for and how it could make a difference to human rights and environmental justice.

December 15th, 2020 | by Corporate Justice Coalition

corporate liability failure to prevent human rights and environmental due diligence

Submission to UNGPs 10+ / Next Decade BHR project

Briefing

The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights is undertaking a new project to chart a course for a decade of action on business and human rights - read our submission to the call for inputs.

December 4th, 2020 | by Corporate Justice Coalition and Partners

Business and human rights UNGPs

Debating mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence legislation: A Reality Check

Report

This document aims to counter flawed or inaccurate claims regarding the introduction of mandatory due diligence legislation with liability for companies - and to prevent them from dominating the public and political debate.

November 15th, 2020 | by Corporate Justice Coalition and Partners

corporate liability counter-arguments human rights and environmental due diligence

Submission to BEIS Committee consultation on forced labour in UK value chains

Briefing

Our joint submission argues that existing law and policy to hold companies to account for human rights abuses in the Uyghur Region.

November 11th, 2020 | by Anti-Slavery International and Partners

China forced labour Uyghurs