Response to BIS proposals on narrative reporting
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
CORE’s response to ‘The future of narrative reporting: a new structure for narrative reporting in the UK‘.
Recent Publications
MPs call for government action to curb corporate abuse
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
In its annual report scrutinising the Foreign Office’s human rights work, the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee has called on the Government to consider extending extra-territoriality to cover actions overseas by businesses based in the UK, or by firms operating under contract to the UK Government, which have an impact on human rights. CORE [...]
A more resource efficient EU economy: the role of company reporting
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
This new briefing paper from Friends of the Earth Europe explores how introducing rules to make companies measure and reduce their overall use of resources could improve environmental and social impacts, lower companies’ costs and boost competitiveness.
Kiobel and Corporate Social Responsibility
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
A new issues brief from Professor John Ruggie on the Kiobel – v – Shell court case, questioning the company’s approach.
New briefing on human rights lawsuits
Friday, July 27th, 2012
This briefing from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre provides an overview of corporate legal accountability for human rights, summarising trends and developments in the field.
Legal Aid Briefing: Lords 3rd reading
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill reached its 3rd reading in the House of Lords in April. CORE called for the Bill to be amended to safeguard access to justice for victims of corporate human rights abuses but the Bill was passed unchanged, giving irresponsible multinational corporations which choose to cut corners more power to violate with impunity the rights of poor and vulnerable communities in developing countries.
CORE response to Government consultation on narrative reporting
Friday, November 25th, 2011
A joint response from the CORE network to proposed changes to the UK’s narrative reporting framework.
Simply Put: Towards an effective UK regime for environmental and social reporting by companies
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Simply Put provides an expert analysis of how the current legal framework is failing and what changes need to be made to the existing social and environmental corporate reporting regime. Through smart and straightforward amendments, the report identifies how existing legal requirements could be simplified and streamlined to take the guesswork out of corporate compliance.
Implications of the Jackson Civil Costs Reforms for Human Rights Cases against Multinational Corporations
Monday, May 9th, 2011
The UK government has recently proposed wide-ranging reforms to the costs regime for civil litigation following a review by Lord Jackson. The so-called Jackson reforms will significantly restrict the ability of claimants and their lawyers to recover legal costs from defendants. They will have particularly devastating consequences for human rights claims against multinational corporations (MNCs), as they threaten to make such claims economically unviable. This briefing note explains why.
A Starter for Ten
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
CORE outlines ten of the key issues, opportunities and discussion points on UK business, human rights and the environment over the coming year. The article is based on the premise that there is no single silver bullet to improving UK businesses’ human rights and environmental impacts, so a multi-faceted approach is required.
(April 2011)