This briefing for MPs and Peers outlines the urgent need for a new law to hold companies to account when they fail to prevent human rights abuses and environmental harms.
Despite the efforts made by civil society groups, an amendment tabled in the Commons in 2020, a series of interventions by Peers during report stage, and several amendments being put forwards in the House of Lords, Schedule 17 leaves very significant and concerning gaps in human rights protections due to: The lack of reference in...
A coalition of NGOs, Indigenous Peoples’ groups, scientists and academics is urging the Prime Minister to act on tropical deforestation and human rights abuses. In Brazil, the Congress is currently considering new legislation that would legalise illegal land grabbing in the Amazon. Such destruction of the Amazon has dire implications for the Amazon’s Indigenous peoples...
New Briefing from Homeworkers Worldwide UK discusses how the situation of precarious women workers such as homeworkers is carefully considered by policy makers when translating human rights due diligence into law. This includes some of the risks that such legislation could create and consideration of how best to ensure its impact is positive.
A new briefing and report from Anti-Slavery International, Cividep India and Repórter Brasil considers the potential impact of human rights due diligence laws in the EU on labour exploitation and forced labour. The European Commission will soon publish a proposal for an EU business and human rights law that would require companies operating in the...
Household names including Nestlé, PepsiCo, Wilmar and Unilever and associated global financial institutions and investors continue to ‘turn a blind eye’ to human rights abuses in their palm oil supply chains, finds a new report compiled by TuK INDONESIA, PUSAKA, Walhi, and Forest Peoples Programme. The report highlights systemic social and environmental problems that continue...
New human rights due diligence legislation and practices should result in positive human rights outcomes for all rightsholders. To assist policymakers and businesses in understanding key elements of effective due diligence on collective land rights, FPP has published a new guide – Stepping Up: Protecting collective land rights through corporate due diligence. The guide incorporates lessons learned from decades of experience...
Stephen Russell, International Policy Officer for Business and Human Rights at the TUC, draws from the recently published L7 statement to the G7 to highlight the call that mandatory due diligence obligations on multinational companies are an essential aspect of “building back fairer”. Trade unions have released their statement ahead of the G7 summit (11-13...
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.
