OUT NOW: KnowTheChain Food & Beverage Benchmark 2023 📊
The food system is a cornerstone of the global economy. But the sector's biggest companies are failing to protect essential workers in food supply chains from forced labour risks. Key findings... 🧵
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Recent developments on #mHRDD at the EU level: what is to be gained for workers? Maybe not much, but still some new, improved, processes may provide workers alliances with valuable sources of power.
New EU human rights regulations offer limited gains for workers
@AngeliniAnton Antonella Angelini about the strategic potential of HRDD laws to protect and promote workers’ rights in the global economy.
https://t.co/RlQx2qtiTv
New EU human rights regulations offer limited gains for workers
@AngeliniAnton Antonella Angelini about the strategic potential of HRDD laws to protect and promote workers’ rights in the global economy.
https://t.co/RlQx2qtiTv
Hey folks, sharing a new short piece (in Italian) about CIW and WSR! Hope you enjoy it! Huge thanks to the editors of Gli Asini for hosting me
Il controllo dei braccianti sull’agribusiness: la Coalition of Immokalee Workers https://t.co/wm9DM6TzY3
Very much looking forward to this event tomorrow. We'll discuss issues around alternative food movements, food value chain governance, and more exciting stuff. Online participation is available!
In just over 4 months, 54 fashion brands have signed the #PakistanAccord.
That means 760,000+ workers are covered by the @safetyAccord & will have safer workplaces.
Worker-driven Social Responsibility works & it’s spreading!
https://t.co/MWOdWwMEPu
https://t.co/Lf0O9EIFzE - Here at the CIW, we’re preparing to march 45 miles across FL for farmworker freedom.
But we can’t do it alone. We are counting on our network of allies to help make this a march for the history books!
Here are 3 ways you can participate in the march! 1/5
Thrilled to share the news of my new position as Senior Researcher at @Unipisa in the context of the @RebalanceObserv.
We're launching a new series called "Talks on rebalancing capitalism and democracy".
On March 2, we'll have a stellar conference by Prof. Florian Wettstein from Institute for Business Ethics, St.Gallen (IWE-HSG).
Check out the full list of talks here, and join us soon!
Much could be said about this snapshot into yet another nightmare place of the garment industry. One could comment on access to justice in the UK judiciary, due diligence standards, or the failures of commercial social auditing.
"That period was a time I was in hell." Workers frm VK Garments factory,Thailand,tell about the exploitation they suffered as they fight for justice from @Tesco &social auditing co @Intertek. Both @Intertek & @Tesco abjectly failed to protect their rights
https://t.co/VOUwx9sUfC
But think only of this: 130 workers, often living below the threshold of bearability, let alone dignity, find the strength, make the connections, break their individual solitude and alienation, and reach out into the labyrinth of the supply chains they are part of.
Binding Pakistan Safety Accord is Launched:
The model that has saved lives in Bangladesh is being expanded. New union-brand agreement will protect safety and health across hundreds of Pakistan’s apparel factories and fabric mills. @SafetyAccord
https://t.co/VlurdikVZt
What does it mean to renegotiate for a resilient and inclusive apparel industry? Based on a series of focus group discussions with industry actors, this piece weighs in on the lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
Many Lessons, Difficult Path to Solutions https://t.co/VLGeO12L64