Weekly Update - 11 March 2015

New developments in access to remedy

(photo credit: EarthRights Intl.)

Guardian (UK);  EarthRights Intl.

• will provide recommendations & guidance to states to enable more effective implementation of access to remedy pillar of the UN Guiding Principles

BBC News; Guardian (UK); UN Women; Independent (UK)

• Vodafone introduces worldwide maternity policy to recruit & retain women
• gender pay gap will not close for 70 years at current rate, says ILO
• business leaders stand up for women's rights
• "The global status of women will not advance until the last sweatshop closes"
• details of other initiatives also provided

Environmental Justice Organizations, Liabilities and Trade (EJOLT) 

London School of Economics, Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy, Investment & Human Rights Project

Juan Pablo Boholslavsky, UN Independent Expert on foreign debt & human rights

• we invited Paladin Energy to respond - response provided

Guardian (UK)

Asamblea de Guasco Alto; Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflicto Ambientales

• details of allegations only available in Spanish
• we invited Barrick Gold to respond - response provided

Waging Nonviolence

JD Supra (USA)

Worker Rights Consortium; The Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety

• we invited Lidl to respond - response provided
• we also invited BEO to respond but it has not yet; we will indicate in a future update whether it does or not
• also available in German

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

• "Chinese banks must ensure companies investing abroad make good on promise of sustainability"
•  Wanbao statement referring to recent protests over land rights at its Letpadaung copper mine in Myanmar

Freedom Fund

Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, Danish Institute for Human Rights & Institute for Human Rights and Business

Mekong Commons

Guardian (UK); Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI); Centre for Sustainable Work and Employment Futures, Univ. of Leicester

Interfax-Ukraine

Guardian (UK)

Reuters, The National (UAE)

• property developer Emaar (which contracted Arabian Construction Co.) says it is taking the matter seriously

RT

Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

• globalisation & the challenges to gender equality (New York, 13 Mar)
• business & human rights coaching for companies (Berlin, 16-17 Mar)
• panel discussion on child labour in global supply chains (London, 22 Mar)
• course on managing supply chain risks & opportunities (Abu Dhabi, 24 Mar)
• Sedex Global Responsible Sourcing Conference 2015 (London, 25 Mar)

• ActionAid UK (2 posts: Chief Executive; Advocacy Advisor)
• British Institute of Intl. and Comparative Law (Business & Human Rights Intern)
• CORE Coalition (Communications & Advocacy Intern)
• Thomson Reuters Foundation (TrustLaw Team Assistant)
• Walgreens (Senior Corporate Social Responsibility Manager)

Asamblea de Guasco Alto; Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflicto Ambientales

• Nosotros invitamos a Barrick Gold a responder, la respuesta está disponible

EarthRights International (ERI) y Amazon Watch

Km 169 Prensa Comunitaria 

La Nación 

Red Pacto Mundial España

Redacción, Cimac (México) y Cerigua (Guatemala)

Centro de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente, CEDHA

Portafolio; Escuela Nacional Sindical

APCA - Asamblea Permanente del Comahue por el Agua

La República (Colombia)

ComunicaRSE

Dataifx.com

Environmental Justice Organizations, Liabilities and Trade (EJOLT)

El Metropolitano

IISCAL - Iniciativa para las Inversiones Sustentables China-América Latina 

Commission Justice & Paix 

El País (España)

Le Figaro (France)

Courrier Intl.; Vice News

Le Figaro (France)

• « Un procès symbolique contre le sexisme dans la Silicon Valley »

Libération (France)

Novethic (France)

• avec une déclaration de l'entreprise

AlterAsia (France)

Le Nouvel Observateur (France)

AFP

Xinhua (Chine)

Journal de l'Environnement (France)

Libération (France)