Weekly Update - 1 June 2016

• taking place 30 May - 10 June
• ILO background report: “Decent work in global supply chains”
• commentaries & recommendations from Asia Floor Wage, Clean Clothes Campaign, Human Rights Watch, ICAR, ITUC, John Ruggie
• blog on 2nd day at the Conference, by Katie Youtz, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
• includes blog explaining the Intl. Labour Conference

• we are inviting feedback on key questions by 7 Jun

• 58% of world's slaves found in just 5 countries, in descending order: India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan 
• Govts. cited for strongest action are: Netherlands, USA, UK, Sweden, Australia, Portugal, Croatia, Spain, Belgium, Norway

Guardian; Leigh Day

• case profile included

EEOC; Tri-City Herald

• case profile included

EarthRights Intl.

• court’s summary order & case profile included

Intl. Rivers, Guardian (UK); BusinessDay

• Intl. Rivers warns it could displace 35,000 people without compensation - guide for affected communities
• World Bank funding may be cut

The Citizen

• project will be financed by European Investment Bank & French Development Agency (AFD)

• banks approached were: Bank of America, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, HSBC, Mizuho Financial, Wells Fargo
• Citigroup & BNP Paribas responded with details of how they had sought to address impacts
• statement by Drummond also provided

Centre for Intl. Environmental Law (CIEL); Rainforest Rescue

Environmental Investigation Agency; Guardian (UK)

• company denies allegations

Thompson Reuters; India Today; Quartz

• 2016 Global Slavery Index says India has18 million people in forced labour

Human Rights Watch; New York Times

Malaysiakini

BSR

MailOnline; TVBS

Baroness Young of Hornsey, House of Lords

• would also require:
  • govt. to publish a list of organizations obliged to publish a statement
  • contracting authorities to exclude entities who have not provided a slavery & human trafficking statement from procurement procedures

Friends of the Earth Europe

• companies involved in initiative are: Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter & YouTube (part of Google)

ESCR-Net & Intl. Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

• seminar: doing business differently for children (6 Jun, London)
• corporate responsibility & human rights - challenges & opportunities (7 Jun, Rome)
• 2016 Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct (8-9 Jun, Paris)
• environmental justice in Latin America (8 Jun, Berkeley)
• intl. conference on social impacts of supply chains (13-15 Jun, Cambridge, MA)
• 2016 Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk (13 Jun, London)

• Center for Intl. Environmental Law (Staff Attorney, Environmental Health Program)
• ECCO (Group Social Compliance Specialist)
• Intl. Rivers (Director of Programs)
• Transparentem (Environmental Analyst)
• UK Retailer (Ethical Trade Specialist)