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Ben Rutledge retweeted
Responsible contracting can transform sustainable procurement practices.
On November 18 at 9 AM EST, join us for a session on how buyers and suppliers can tackle decent work concerns in global supply chains.
Register now 🔗 ow.ly/YFVM50TOBlf
Ben Rutledge retweeted
My report to the UN General Assembly is finally ready to access. The report reviews current laws and policies, outlines the key parameters for my forthcoming Guiding Principles on Resettlement and contains key recommendations.
documents.un.org/doc/undoc/g…
Ben Rutledge retweeted
Presenting the Tea Sector Model Clauses, created by ETP and the Responsible Contracting Project! 🆕🎉
Thank you to the ETP members who gave input on this initiative for responsible business practises.
Read more on their purpose, use and implementation: bit.ly/479zJqj
Ben Rutledge retweeted
Americans spent 25% more on food at the start of 2024 compared to 2020.
During that time the country’s ten largest grocery and restaurant brands took their fattened profits and collectively spent $77 billion on stock buybacks and dividends.
What's really driving inflation?
Ben Rutledge retweeted
Here’s just a few examples of Daily Mail headlines that have fanned the flames of hate and normalised Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric #GMB
Ben Rutledge retweeted
We debunk 8 common myths about mission-oriented industrial strategy in our new @IIPP_UCL report. From "growth is the mission" to "the public sector should de-risk the private sector" we challenge conventional wisdom & offer a new framework for policy design.
Explore the myths ➡️ ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-pu…
Ben Rutledge retweeted
French people reject the far right —again bbc.in/3RXoVFp
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The UNOHCHR issued a press release condemning the conviction of an environmental activist in Cambodia who was sentenced to 6-8 years in prison & expressing concerns about the ongoing smear campaign against the labour rights NGO for their work on FOA.
ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
Ben Rutledge retweeted
As the Tories pander to the prejudices and hard-right agenda of Nigel Farage and his supporters, it’s become clear that what’s at stake in this election is nothing less than what it means to be British.
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Ben Rutledge retweeted
The widely held belief that increasing economic growth will solve global #poverty is wrong and leading the world down a dangerous path.
Report presented @UN_HRC #HRC56: undocs.org/A/HRC/56/61
Press release: ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
A thread summarising the report below...
Ben Rutledge retweeted
🚨 90% of the world's most influential companies lag behind on human rights, decent work & ethical conduct, according to new @sdgbenchmarks analysis of 2,000 companies
Only 9% show how they consult workers & communities affected by their operations ⬇️
business-humanrights.org/en/…
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@EquidemOrg is hiring a new Head of Programmes!
This dynamic, exciting leadership position is a great opportunity to join a growing, people-centred organisation ➡️ linkedin.com/jobs/view/39653…
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Take a sneak peek of the highlights of the report by the @WGBizHRs on Investors, ESG and human rights ahead of the presentation of the report to the HRC!
@InclusiveLaw @fernanda_ho @eastforeden @dsolawuyi
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France’s National Rally has “anti-Semitic & racist foundations”, stigmatises on “origin & appearance” & is economically illiterate. A vote for the Le Pen family business is a betrayal of 235 years of French republicanism. Sans ambiguïté from @lemondefr
lemonde.fr/idees/article/202…
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BREAKING: In a landmark ruling, a jury just found Chiquita liable for financing the AUC in Colombia. 17 years after these proceedings began, the first set of victims and their families have finally obtained justice earthrights.org/media_releas… @EarthRightsIntl
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Por primera vez, un jurado en Estados Unidos ha declarado responsable a una gran corporación estadounidense por su complicidad en abusos contra los derechos humanos en otro país.
earthrights.org/media_releas…
Ben Rutledge retweeted
It could not be clearer: we are closer than ever to breaching 1.5 degrees and it is overwhelmingly the fault of the fossil fuel industry.
Ban them from advertising and ban them from politics.
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The cover for my new book: The Politics of Coercion: State and Regime Making in #Cambodia with @CornellPress is now live. Thanks to @TCristofoletti for the cover photo. Publication date 15 September 2024
cornellpress.cornell.edu/boo…
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In breaking news, the Council of the European Union has just approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, meaning it will now become EU law. Because the #CSDDD is anchored in international standards, companies can get started today 👉shiftproject.org/resource/cs…
