On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published its much-anticipated proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD) Directive (the Directive). In this briefing, we cover the essential features of the proposed Directive and what it could mean for businesses in Asia. This briefing builds on and supplements our previous Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Legislation Guidance for Suppliers Operating in Asia.
Since 2010, FIDH (the International Federation for Human Rights) and Justiça nos Trilhos (JnT) have been working together on the human rights abuses of the steel industry in the state of Maranhão, in Brazil. In May 2011, FIDH and JnT, with Justiç...Read More
The fishing industry in Thailand fell under global scrutiny in 2014 for the significant human rights violations at sea. Personal stories of victims who had worked for years at sea with little food and constant physical abuse created enough global at...Read More
The findings in this report show that across Qatar, independent employers, as well as those operating labor supply companies, frequently delay, withhold, or arbitrarily deduct workers’ wages. Employers often withhold contractually guaranteed overt...Read More
The OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains (the Guidance) has been developed to help enterprises observe existing standards for responsible business conduct along agricultural supply chains. These standards include the OEC...Read More
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