Business and human rights

Every day, women on Twitter face a barrage of violence and abuse: from racist and sexist attacks to rape and death threats, they've seen it all.

Twitter claims to be a champion of free expression, but women are routinely leaving the platform as the unchecked violence and abuse they receive becomes too much to bear.

Tell Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey that he must clean up #ToxicTwitter, making sure it's a safe space for women by enforcing its rules on hateful conduct and abuse.

Jack Dorsey: Clean up #ToxicTwitter

Article

Shell: A criminal enterprise?

Our ground-breaking review of thousands of pages of internal Shell documents reveals Shell’s complicity in murder, rape and torture committed by the Nigerian government.
England and EU flags
England and EU flags
Blog

Why should trade deals be wrapped in secrecy?

If we don’t want to be lumbered with agreements that have scant regard for workers’ rights, food safety, environmental standards and the needs of the NHS, then we have to secure amendments to the Trade Bill.
Article

Why palm oil in products is bad news

Next time you’re brushing your teeth take a moment to consider the label on the back. If 'palm oil' appears as an ingredient, it could mean that a child as young as eight was forced to work in hazardous conditions to put the product on the shelves.
Action update

Microsoft moves on child labour claims

Thanks to those who emailed Microsoft’s CEO asking him to investigate the use of child labour in parts they source to make their products - they are beginning to bow to pressure. 
Children in DRC
Children in DRC
Report

Time to recharge: Corporate action and inaction to tackle abuses in the Cobalt supply chain

Our world is increasingly powered by lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, ranging from the ones found in everyday mobile technologies, such as smartphones and laptop computers, to those in electric vehicles.
DRC artisanal cobalt mining
DRC artisanal cobalt mining
Report

This is what we die for: Human Rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of The Congo power the global trade in Cobalt.

People around the world increasingly rely on rechargeable batteries to power their mobile phones, tablets, laptop computers and other portable electronic devices. The growing global market for portable electronic devices and rechargeable batteries is driving the growing demand for the extraction of cobalt, a key component in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.
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Check Out
Campaign

CheckOut

Tell TripAdvisor to check out of illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine
Blog

These businesses are making millions running Nauru refugee detention centre

The Australian government has created an island of despair, where refugees fleeing persecution are trapped and live in appalling conditions, while companies make millions from their predicament.
Blog

The UK is sweeping away human rights complaints against companies

When human rights complaints are made about UK companies, the UK government is more often than not ignoring them without investigation. There is a system to report abuses, but it's failing on every level - and letting companies abusing rights off the hook completely. Our Business Expert blogs.
Executive summary
Executive summary
Guidelines

Report - UK National Contact Point: How human rights complaints are handled

Our report Obstacle course: How the UK's National Contact Point handles human rights complaints under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises shows that the National Contact Point, a non-judicial means of making a complaint against a company suspected of committing or contributing to human rights abuses, is totally failing in numerous ways.
Bodo, Nigeria
Bodo, Nigeria
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Bodo oil spill: 'I was so happy that Shell agreed to pay'

"I think we can have a bright future, but it will take a long time. Experts have said it will take 20-30 years for the environment to be restored."

In a massive campaign win, oil company Shell has been forced to pay £55 million in compensation to the community in Bodo, Nigeria, after their lives were devastated by two huge oil spills.
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Oil giant Shell humbled by Bodo fishermen in UK court settlement

After years of shirking responsibility, oil giant Shell has been forced to pay damages to fisherman living on the soiled land in the Niger Delta.

Shell must now pay billions in compensation to the Bodo community. It won't bring back the fishes or clean water, but it's long-overdue recognition from the company that ruined their land and livelihoods.
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Shell’s day of reckoning approaches

Oil company Shell has been asked to make amends for spillages in the Niger Delta that have ruined the land and livelihood of the people living there.
The UN has ruled that Shell and the Nigerian government owe Niger Delta inhabitants - yet not all that much has changed since the ruling. Peter blogs on why Shell's time is running out.