Debating mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence legislation: A Reality Check
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
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Parliamentary Briefing: A Corporate Duty to Prevent Negative Human Rights and Environmental Impacts
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.
October 26th, 2020
| by Corporate Justice Coalition and Partners
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Deforestation law welcome, but government must go further
The CORE Coalition welcomes the government’s announcement that it will require UK companies to carry out due diligence on their supply chains - but the government must impose due diligence with legal liability for companies across all human rights and environmental harms.
August 25th, 2020
| by Admin
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Briefing on the Environment Bill – amendment NC5 on due diligence legislation
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.
July 7th, 2020
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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.
May 28th, 2020
| by European Coalition for Corporate Justice
We mean business: protecting women’s rights in global supply chains
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.
April 1st, 2020
| by ActionAid
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CORE and Partners’ Submission to JCHR Consultation on the Environment Bill
This submission relates to proposed new clause (NC5) in the Environment Bill: “Environmental and human rights due diligence: duty to publish draft legislation.”
March 31st, 2020
| by Corporate Justice Coalition and Partners
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