UK government commissions survey of access to remedy
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law has been asked by the UK Foreign Office, the Department for Business and the Ministry of Justice to undertake a quick survey of the UK’s current provision of access to remedy for victims of human rights abuses involving business enterprises. BIICL would be very grateful for any...
Liberal Democrat Party Manifesto 2015: key points on corporate accountability
The full pdf document is available here. Key points: Corporate reporting, company boards & pay Extend existing reporting rules to establish consistent requirements on all large UK companies to report on the social, environmental and human rights impacts of their activities and those of their supply chains. Work with regulatory bodies and financial investors to...
Conservative Party Manifesto 2015: key points on corporate accountability
The full pdf document is available here. Key points: Pay In order to ensure that new pay structures for bankers rebuild trust and reduce short-termism, we will ensure that Britain continues to have the toughest regime of bonus deferral and clawback of any financial centre. We will require companies with more than 250 employees to...
Labour Party Manifesto 2015: key points on corporate accountability
The full pdf document is available here. Key points as follows: Corporate governance Britain’s economy is being held back by the culture of short-termism, which is a major obstacle to the development of productive businesses and industries. We will reform corporate governance to protect our leading firms from the pressure to put tomorrow’s share price...
Ruth Chambers A wide coalition of civil society groups is today (26 March) celebrating the passing of a new law which will require businesses to tell the public what they are doing to eradicate slavery and forced labour from their supply chains. The law is part of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which received...
Modern Slavery Bill: information on supply chains must be easy to access
Baroness Nosheena Mobarik CBE Transparency is the new globalisation. Transformative in its effects, demanding different ways of doing business, posing significant challenges while creating tremendous opportunities. Nowhere is this more evident than in the management of international supply chains. Investors, consumers and, increasingly, regulators all want to know more about company supply chains. What...
The last five years have seen a crisis of trust in business following scandals around tax avoidance and excessive executive pay, and revelations of shocking practices in UK company supply chains. CORE and our partner organisations work together to campaign for laws and policies to make UK companies more accountable and to prevent them from...
Guest blog: Why parliament should scrutinise the UK-Ethiopia BIT
The House of Commons has been debating the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). But will the UK parliament use its powers to debate a bilateral investment treaty signed with Ethiopia? The rich landscape of the Wolayita region in Southern Ethiopia highlights the country’s huge potential (Photo: Rod Waddington, Creative Commons, via Flickr) For...
In recent months, we have teamed up with a number of human rights and anti-slavery groups to lobby hard around the Modern Slavery Bill on transparency in supply chains. To support the campaign we’re organising a social media push ahead of the critical committee hearing in the Lords on Wednesday 10 December 2014. We are calling on all...
