The Government's proposal is very welcome step, but excluding human rights impacts is both artificial and impractical given the inextricable links between these and much deforestation.
This submission to the Joint Commission on Human Rights focuses on the human rights risks arising from corporate activity during the coronavirus pandemic.
NGOs and trade unions call for urgent action for Leicester garment workers and recommend a Leicester Garment Cross Government Task Force.
We urge the Bill committee to accept the vital Environment Bill amendment NC5, tabled by Kerry McCarthy MP: “Environmental and human rights due diligence: duty to publish draft legislation.
CORE’s submission to the consultation on the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s ‘Reforming Regulation Initiative’ recommends that the UK government introduce a new corporate duty to prevent negative human rights and environmental impacts,
This briefing sets out the key components that should be included in due diligence legislation.
In the past years, several European countries, as well as the EU, have adopted or started to consider legislation that embeds elements of Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) into law.
This response highlights the commendable elements of the statement and lays out our recommendations for the Government to build on its approach.
Our partner ActionAid reports that corporate accountability can be harnessed to protect women’s rights and further gender equality - however, many governments and corporations still have to implement, strengthen and operationalise this in practice.
