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Australia Advances Legislation on Forced-Labor Reporting
December 05, 2018
In September, the Australian House of Representatives passed legislation that would require over 3000 businesses in the Australian market to publish annual statements about the risks related to forced labor in their operations and supply chains.
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NGOs File OECD Complaint over Italian Factory Audit
December 04, 2018
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and other organizations have filed a complaint with the Italian National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises alleging that an Italian auditor violated the Guidelines by certifying the safety of a factory in Pakistan weeks before it caught fire in 2012.
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NGOs Push Hong Kong on Implementing BHR Standards
December 04, 2018
The Hong Kong UPR Coalition has published a report calling on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in China to do more to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) and OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to protect labor rights in the region.
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Facebook Seeks to Hire “Human Rights Policy Director”
December 04, 2018
Tech Crunch reports that social-media company Facebook recently advertised a “human rights policy director” position whose responsibilities would include “conflict prevention” and “peace-building,” citing the company’s duty to comply with the global human rights agenda.
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Businesses Pledge “Just” Transition to Renewable Energy
December 03, 2018
At the recent Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, a group of companies signed a Pledge for Just Transition to Decent Jobs declaring their commitments to “decent” labor standards and wage guarantees while engaging in a transition to renewable energy as part of the UN’s Paris climate deal.
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