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Weekly Update - 24 September 2014
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Calls for climate change action: UN Summit and People's Climate March
We Mean Business Coalition (BSR, Climate Group, CDP, Ceres, B-Team, Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group, WBCSD); Oxfam, UN Global Compact, others
- "We Mean Business" coalition says that leading businesses: Acknowledge the science; Act to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance resilience; Advocate for a low-carbon future.
- Oxfam: 4 new ways food companies are tackling climate change – and 3 ideas to help them do even better.
- Google latest firm to quit industry org. ALEC, given ALEC’s opposition to US action on climate change.
- Desmond Tutu: Reducing our carbon footprint is “the human rights challenge of our time”
- “Recognizing indigenous and community rights – priority steps to advance development and mitigate climate change”
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Danish Institute for Human Rights seeks to "explore & unpack" govts.' duties under UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- specific issues addressed include extraterritoriality, state-owned firms, privatisation, procurement, conflict zones, international economic agreements, access to remedy
New quarterly bulletin on corporate legal accountability
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
- includes new profiles of lawsuits against Auchan (re factory collapse in Bangladesh), Tahoe Resources (re violence at Escobal mine, Guatemala) & oil companies (re gas flaring in Nigeria)
- latest developments in lawsuits around the world, including against CACI, Chiquita, Nestlé, Shell
- new translations of case profiles in Chinese, French & Spanish
Unilever & Shift launch collaboration to advance corporate reporting on human rights via Reporting & Assurance Frameworks Initiative (RAFI)
New paper on engaging users of technology in human rights due diligence
BSR, commissioned by Microsoft
- recommends that information & communications tech firms identify victims of past violations, prioritise vulnerable users, engage rights holders before real business decisions are made
How Lush, Unilever & other companies are helping promote peace in conflict zones
Guardian (UK)
Nokia reports on steps taken to protect freedom of expression & privacy, per Telecommunications Industry Dialogue principles
New "Human Trafficking" section on Business & Human Rights Resource Centre website
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Malaysia: Verité report finds evidence of widespread forced labour among migrant workers in electronics industry
Verité; Thanh Nien News (Vietnam); Guardian (UK); Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition; ILO
- with responses to report by ILO & Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition
- Vietnam Govt. says it will verify Verité’s findings of passport retention, debt bondage & will work with Malaysia to review bilateral agreement
Cambodia: H&M urged to show leadership on living wage, as garment workers demand increase in minimum wage
Clean Clothes Campaign; Reuters
- we invited H&M to respond; response provided
- armed troops deployed amidst garment worker protests
OECD Guidelines complaint against G4S over treatment of asylum seekers detained in Australian offshore processing centre
Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID), Human Rights Law Centre; Guardian (UK)
- we invited G4S to respond; response provided
- refers to Feb 2014 violent outbreak where 1 detainee died, over 60 were injured
China: Thousands protest against planned incinerator project in Boluo, Guangdong over health concerns
New York Times
- 24 protesters detained by police; govt. says plant will not release dangerous amounts of toxins
Vietnam: “Degraded living conditions” due to pollution reported around Tan Rai Bauxite Complex; company denies causing damage
Tuoi Tre News (Vietnam)
Malaysia & Indonesia: Asian Agri, IOI, Kuala Lumpur Kepong, Musim Mas & Sime Darby announce moratorium on sourcing palm oil from potential high carbon stock forests
Mongabay
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Company responses
Non-responses
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Forthcoming events
- business engagement workshop on IPCC 5th Assessment Report (Washington, 25 Sep)
- training course on stakeholder engagement (Frankfurt, 25 Sep)
- "Inaugural Business for Peace Annual Event" (Istanbul, 29-30 Sep)
- "14th Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative Workshop" (San Francisco, 29-30 Sep)
- international arbitration tribunal on business and human rights (London, 29 Sep)
- book launch: "The Social License" by John Morrison (London 29 Sep)
Details of these and other events further in the future can be found here. Please send relevant event information to Sam Whannel: whannel@business-humanrights.org
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Current vacancies
Further details and other recently posted jobs available here. Please send job announcements to Sam Whannel: whannel@business-humanrights.org
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Afrique : Le forum régional des Nations Unies sur les entreprises et les droits de l'homme est une occasion unique de promouvoir des plans nationaux d'action, selon Michael Addo
Guineenews.org (Guinée)
« Industries extractives en Afrique de l'Ouest - mettre les richesses minières au service des populations »
bulletin semestriel d'OSIWA
- Les « compagnies étrangères profitent de l’incapacité des populations et des institutions locales à prendre la pleine mesure de leurs droits ou à les défendre »
- Dans les communautés riches en minerais : « Routes, écoles, hôpitaux, emplois, presque tout y manque »
- Avec des exemples et des actions dans le Ghana, la Guinée, le Niger et le Sénégal
Afrique : Les coordonnateurs nationaux de l'Initiative pour la Transparence des Industries Extractive veulent que la norme ait un impact réel sur le vécu des populations
Sud Quotidien (Sénégal)
Rép. dém. du Congo : La société civile exige l'annulation de l'ordonnance relative au contrat de partage de production pétrolière signé avec Soco
Radio Okapi (Rép. dém. du Congo)
Nouvelle section de notre site sur le projet de traité contraignant sur les entreprises et les droits de l'homme - disponible en français
- Avec les dernières nouvelles, des articles et des commentaires
Dernier numéro du Bulletin trimestriel sur la responsabilité juridique des entreprises
Centre de Ressources sur les Entreprises et les Droits de l'homme
- Avec des nouveaux résumés de procès contre Auchan (concernant l’effondrement d’une usine textile au Bangladesh), Tahoe Resources (concernant des actes de violence dans une mine au Guatemala), et contre des compagnies pétrolières (concernant le torchage du gaz au Nigeria)
- Derniers développements dans les procès, y compris contre Chiquita, Nestlé, Shell
Cambodge : Peuples Solidaires appelle H&M à verser un salaire décent aux ouvriers de l’industrie textile ; comprend une déclaration de l’entreprise
Deux avocats expliquent les risques grandissants auxquels s’exposent les entreprises si elles ne respectent pas les droits de l’homme
Les Echos (France)
Burkina Faso : Iamgold soutient la lutte contre le paludisme
Sidwaya (Burkina Fao)
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