Weekly Update - 27 January 2016

• requires US investors investing at least USD 500,000 to report on human rights & land use policies, contact with military, payments to Burmese Govt.
• submissions from Amnesty Intl., Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Institute for Human Rights and Business, Intl. Commission of Jurists, Intl. Corporate Accountability Roundtable, Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business

(Photo credit: Intl. Committee of the Red Cross)

UN Global Compact and Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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Phil Bloomer, Executive Director, on Huffington Post (UK)

• civil society forms alliance to tackle root causes of inequality
• only 50% of CEOs consider climate change a threat to business growth
• Dan Bross of Microsoft on the importance of dialogue on LGBT issues at Forum

• Verité examines 3 migrant worker recruitment corridors – Nepal to Qatar, Myanmar to Malaysia, Myanmar to Thailand
• Liberty Asia analyses US & UK law
• both reports supported by Freedom Fund

Josh Fox, Jorge Daniel Taillant & Paloma Munoz Quick (along with 500+ signatories)

UN News Centre

NASDAQ

Voice Of America

• claim some workers assaulted by farm owners after demanding pay for overtime

Lusaka Times (Zambia)

• articles include comments from company

Oil in Uganda

New York Times Magazine

• only available in Portuguese

Our Children's Trust; Columbia Daily Tribune (USA)

Human Rights Now

• response by Uniqlo (part of Fast Retailing) provided - currently in Japanese only

Khmer Times (Cambodia)

• previous responses by Disney, Mattel, Tai Nam Industrial also provided - Mattel & Hasbro both said they had ceased sourcing from the factory

Malaysiakini

EcoLur Network

• we invited Dundee Precious Metals to respond - response provided

Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI); Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX); Intl. Labour Organization (ILO)

Greek Reporter

The Two-Way (USA)

Access Now

• we invited Etisalat to respond but it has not

Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights; Daily News Egypt

• expert panel discussion on working conditions in So. Africa (29 Jan, London)
• legal training on business & human rights (6-7 Feb, London)
• lessons from Bodo Community v Shell litigation (16 Feb, Oxford)
• conference: just taxation of multi-natl. corps. (18 Feb, Berlin) 
• human rights law & the extractive industries (18-19 Feb, Panama City)

• CSR Europe (Project Manager, Reporting & Sustainability Management)
• MSI Integrity (2 posts: Program Associate; Program Director)
• Shift (Advisor)
• Social Accountability Accreditation Services (Executive Director)
• Social Accountability Intl. (3 posts: Communications & Marketing Coordinator; Executive Assistant; Finance & Administrative Coordinator)