Weekly Update - 20 June 2018

• Intel overtook Apple and HP to lead the ranking. The four companies scoring above 70/100 all have strong practices in place, particularly in the area of recruitment
• Lesser known companies, like Keyence and Microchip Technology, scored low. Broadcom saw an 81% decrease in its score since 2016 and Amazon scored poorly compared to peers its size
• Worker voice and recruitment are among the lowest scoring themes for all companies
• KnowTheChain is supported by global investors representing over USD 3 trillion in assets who also commit to taking action to eradicate forced labour in their portfolios

Maysa Zorob & Marion Cadier, Thomson Reuters Foundation News

• Our database of attacks on human rights defenders shows OECD-headquartered companies importantly contribute to attacks
• This week’s OECD’s Responsible Business Conduct Forum needs to address the issue

HRD Memorial Network

• New report for Accountability & Remedy Project I examines relationship between human rights due diligence & corporate liability
• Final report for Accountability & Remedy Project II sets out recommendations to improve effectiveness of State-based non-judicial mechanisms

OECD Watch

• Of the 18 NGO/community cases concluded in 2017, only one (5%) resulted in a compensatory remedy and a concrete improvement in the situation of complainants; five (27%) resulted in some element of remedy

Mongabay

US Department of Treasury

• Gertler is a businessman and billionaire who has amassed his fortune through opaque and allegedly corrupt mining and oil deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Cadre de Concertation et de Coopération des Ruraux (CNCR), Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR), ActionAid Sénégal (AAS) & others via farmlangrab.org

Citizen Digital (Kenya)

International Finance Corporation & University of Ghana Business School; myjoyonline (Ghana)

CNN Money; Jeff Lawson, on Medium; Microsoft; Quartz at Work; Verge

Front Line Defenders; TeleSur; Junefield Mineral Resources Holding Ltd.

• We invited Junefield Mineral Resources to respond; they did not

Human Trafficking Legal Center

Democracy Now; Health Care Without Harm; Huffington Post; Physicians for Social Responsibility

CNN Philippines; Philippines Commission on Human Rights; Rappler

• Also provided: statement by NutriAsia

Arnott's Indonesia; ATNC Monitoring Network

• We invited Arnott's Indonesia to respond; response provided

Vedanta; CIVICUS

Radio New Zealand

• Includes company statement

International Business Times

• Includes company statements

Zalando SE; FEMNET e.V. (Germany)

• Concerns include lack of childcare facilities in Indian factories, low proportion of women in company board
• We invited Zalando to respond; response provided in German & English

swissinfo.ch

RadcliffesLeBrasseur

Nutrien; Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)

• We invited Nutrien to respond; response provided

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Forbes Middle East

• Speakers include Anneliese Dodds (UK MP & Shadow Treasury Minister) and Prof. David Kinley, author of the new book: "Necessary Evil: How to Fix Finance by Saving Human Rights"

• Course: Summer School Business and Human Rights (18-22 June, Pisa)
• Seminar: Interventions in the Supply Chain (20 June, London)
• Conference: World Law Forum Conference on Modern Slavery (29 June, Sydney)
• Webinar: Unpacking mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence developments in Europe. Session 5 - Germany: proposal for Human Rights Due Diligence Act by German NGOs (5 July, online)
• Course: Business and Human Rights - Interdisciplinary Challenges and Opportunities (8-20 July, Zurich)

• Accountability Counsel (Communications Fellow)
• Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and PWESCR (Intern)
• Human Rights Commission at Westchester County Government (Executive Director)
• Asia Operations at Ethical Toy Program (Program Director)
• International Labor Rights Forum (Campaigns Associate)
• Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager)
• Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (Prevalence Manager)
• Access Now (Policy Director)
• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) (Executive Director)
• Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEFF) (Corporate Accountability Campaigner)
• Impactt Limited (Head of Technical Capability and Development)