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SUMMARY:Using U.S. Laws to Hold Corporations Accountable for Forced Labor in Asia and the Pacific
DESCRIPTION:“GLJ-ILRF’s Legal Fellow\, Johanna Lee\, will give a talk on Using U.S. Laws to Hold Corporations Accountable for Forced Labor in Asia and the Pacific on March 30th at 12:30PM Thai time. The seminar will be hosted by the Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR)\, Mahidol University. Advance registration is not required. Please use the QR code to join or watch Live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IPSRMAHIDOLUNIVERSITY \nThe problem of forced labor in global supply chains across various industries\, from manufacturing to agriculture and fishing to domestic work\, is widely documented. The adoption of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in 2011 signaled the growing recognition worldwide of the critical role that corporations must play in ensuring that human rights are respected in their business engagements. Nonetheless\, holding corporations accountable for labor abuses of workers has continued to be challenging over the past decade due to the opacity of supply chains and the absence of strong legal mechanisms at the international or national levels. In response\, human rights and labor rights advocates in the United States have persisted by coming up with creative ways to utilize existing U.S. laws to promote corporate accountability\, such as the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930\, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000\, and consumer protection laws. Several recent examples of cases involving workers in Asia and the Pacific illustrate ongoing efforts to expand the frontier of law to ensure justice for survivors of labor trafficking worldwide.”
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/forced-labor-asia-pacific/
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SUMMARY:Sustainability issues in the Cocoa Value Chain: will EU Due Diligence Legislation make a difference?
DESCRIPTION:“Study presentation “Sustainability in the global and Austrian Cocoa & Chocolate Value Chain” (Hannes Grohs & Jan Grumiller\, ÖFSE) and panel discussion “What should be done to strengthen Sustainability in the Cocoa Value Chain\, and what Role can EU Due Diligence Legislation play?” \n\nDuring recent years\, the sustainability of the cocoa global value chain has become a major issue of concern to both producers and consumers. This relates to all three dimensions of sustainability – economic\, social and environmental. Firstly\, the living income of cocoa farmers has not improved sufficiently despite several initiatives taken to address the issue. Most cocoa farmers are still living below the poverty line with very low living standards. Furthermore\, there has been a rise in environmental and social advocacy in commodity supply chains including cocoa. Challenges regarding deforestation\, labour and social ethics in the cocoa sector are influencing consumption patterns for cocoa and chocolate products. Over the years\, several corporate governance issues at sector and company level have aimed at improving the sustainability of the sector. Though some improvements have been made\, many key human rights and other sustainability issues still remain unresolved. \nCocoa is thus one of the sectors that features prominently amongst the on-going discussion on corporate due diligence legislation in the European Union. Interestingly\, leading cocoa and chocolate companies themselves are calling for regulation of the sector to create a level playing field for all actors. Based on the presentation of a new study assessing the current state of play with respect to the sustainability of the cocoa global value chain\, the conference aims at discussing possibilities and strategic priorities for promoting human rights and the sustainability of cocoa production in the framework of the on-going debate on EU due diligence legislation. The discussion will shed light on the extent to which an effective EU Due Diligence Act can improve sustainability issues in the cocoa value chain. However\, it will also ask critically were the limitations of such regulation lie.”
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/sustainability-cocoa-event/
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SUMMARY:'Your Work/Environment' Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:“Join the Pulitzer Center and a panel of top experts from Bangladesh\, Brazil and the United States in a virtual conversation about Your Work/Environment\, a new initiative aimed at encouraging reporting on climate change and its impact on workers and the workplace. The 90-minute discussion will begin on Wednesday\, March 30\, 2022\, at 9:00am EDT and 7:00pm BST (Bangladesh GMT +6 hours). \nGlobal climate risks are playing out in fields and on factory floors and increasingly being discussed in company boardrooms. Attendees to this Pulitzer session will hear what jobs and employment sectors\, what factory practices\, what sorts of manufacturing – from computer chips to batteries to food production to fast-fashion – are threatened or face change. \nThe panelists will consider how climate change has been covered in the media and respond to questions about what is missing from the reporting landscape. This event will feature presentations and discussion with the following speakers as well as audience Q&A: \n\nSaleemul Huq\, senior fellow in the Climate Change Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development\, in Dhaka\, Bangladesh. Learn more about him here.\nPhaedra Pezzullo\, associate professor at University of Colorado who recently was awarded the Christine L. Oravec Award in Environmental Communication. Learn more about her here.\nMarielle Ramires\, communicator with Midia Ninja in Brazil. Learn more about Midia Ninja here.\nFarhana Sultana\, associate professor of geography and the environment at Syracuse University whose main areas of expertise are climate justice\, water governance\, political ecology\, and feminist scholarship. Learn more about her here.\nJon Sawyer\, executive director of the Pulitzer Center. Learn more about him here.\nFlora Pereira\, Pulitzer’s Rainforest Outreach and Education manager. Learn more about her here.\n\nWant more information? Please join us for this special online launch event.”
URL:https://www.freedomunited.org/event/your-work-environment/
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