I am not going anywhere fast – I have committed to the Board to stay as Executive Director until our Board has recruited and inducted the next Executive Director. Our Board has established a ...

The UK is home to some of the largest multinational corporations in the world operating through integrated networks of subsidiary companies and complex supply chains. Through their global activities, ...

In December 2021, it was reported that more than 400,000 garment workers in Karnataka, India, had been receiving wages below the legal minimum at more than 1,000 factories since April 2020. Since the ...

The European Union (EU) Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) entered into force in July 2024... The directive has been welcomed by a wide spectrum of business enterprises, ...

Climate change is the biggest risk to human rights. Meeting its challenge requires unprecedented roll-out of renewable energy projects across all regions in the coming years and decades. This ...

March 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. The invasion lasted until 2011, with nearly half a million people estimated to have been killed as a result of the war. During the ...

In an order issued on 11 February 2021 in the climate litigation against Total, the Nanterre civil court dismissed the jurisdictional objection raised by the oil company, which requested that the ...

As we enter 2024, the climate crisis, rise in authoritarianism, and deepened global poverty and inequality, among other challenges, show no signs of abating. Against this complex landscape, ...

A new report produced by the Walk Free initiative of Minderoo Foundation, in partnership with Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, WikiRate, and Australian National University assesses 71 hotel ...

Meta Platforms has lost its appeal against a $220 million fine imposed by Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) for violating local consumer protection, data privacy ...

Unregulated gold mining in eastern Shan State raises concerns about the risk of cyanide contamination in key transboundary rivers near the Thai–Myanmar border, including the Mekong. In 2007, the first ...

Sudan produces about 80% of the world’s gum arabic, a crucial ingredient in major food and beauty products. Since April 2023, Sudan’s civil war has intensified, with the paramilitary Rapid Support ...