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Reforming corporate "purpose": is it enough?

The protection of human rights and the environment from corporate abuse is a serious challenge in the 21st century. A new British Academy research project proposes redefining the "purpose" of corporations to ensure that they align with the interest of people and planet. But does it go far enough?

Mandatory human rights due diligence is the direction of travel

In response to pressure from civil society, European governments are beginning to introduce laws to require companies to respect human rights. What can the UK learn from these developments?

Who Made Our Uniforms? U.K. Public Sector Apparel Procurement: Ensuring Transparency and Respect for Human Rights

A new report published by CORE and ICAR reveals that that a third of companies that have supplied uniforms for UK public sector workers, including the armed forces and prison officers, have not reported on what they are doing to tackle slavery in their supply chains.

Unilever: Time for Real Leadership on Human Rights

Unilever must provide remedy to the Kenyan workers and their families who suffered serious human rights abuses on the firm’s tea estate. In seeking to hide behind its corporate structure to avoid accountability, the company risks undermining the very principles that it claims to support.

Company Reporting Under the Modern Slavery Act: Research & Guidance

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires companies to be transparent about what steps they are taking to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking in their business operations and supply chains. To improve the standard of modern slavery statements CORE has published research on the quality of reporting and guidance on how companies can be more transparent. CORE has also produced short briefings to help investors that engage with these companies.

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Assessing Modern Slavery Law

CORE, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and Repórter Brasil are partners in a University of Nottingham and Fundação Getulio Vargas research project funded by the British Academy on ‘The Interaction of Law and Supply Chain Management in Cross-Judicial Supply Chains: Supply Chain Effectiveness of Modern Slavery Legislation’.

Alliance for Corporate Transparency (ACT) project

CORE is involved in the Alliance for Corporate Transparency (ACT) Project, which brings together leading civil society organisations and experts with the aim of analysing the corporate disclosure on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues by the largest companies operating in the EU and recommending legislative changes.

Business and Human Rights in Law

BHRinlaw.org is run by Corporate Accountability NGOs CORE, ICAR, ECCJ, Above Ground and Public Eye. It allows you to track international legal developments that enforce business compliance with human rights. The website focuses on parent company liability law and legislation that requires companies conduct mandatory human rights due diligence. The website shows the momentum gathering for embedding business and human rights in law.

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Business and Human Rights in Law