Tag: Business and Human Rights
Asean integration: Will the environment fall apart?
Will the fulfilment of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) be a boon or bane to the region's natural environment?
Cielito F Habito
The Philippine Daily Inquirer
Asia News Network
Manila May 15, 2015 1:00 am
Will the fulfilment of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) be a boon or bane to the region's natural environment?
It...
Sure, TPP Is ‘Win-Win’… Unless You Care About Human Rights
To hear the Obama Administration tell it, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is a win-win and cure-all. It will create jobs in the U.S., improve labor and environmental protections, improve business transparency internationally, and help consummate a relationship with Asia that has until now been mostly an overture, the...
Sugar company pulls out
Asia's largest sugar producer, Thailand’s Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation, has withdrawn from its three plantations in Oddar Meanchey province following years of criticism over alleged illegalities and human rights abuses at the concessions, a development watchdog has said.
Mon, 11 May 2015 | Daniel Pye
Asia's largest sugar producer, Thailand’s Mitr...
The big issue: The business of selling humans
Even police chiefs and army commanders now know, at last, what the rest of the country has known for years. That is, that a major industry has been established in Thailand, and it is slavery.
Published: 10/05/2015 at 07:50 AM
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Writer: Alan Dawson
Position: Online Reporter
Even police chiefs and army commanders...
Non-compliance with labor laws could cost PH $500M in exports
The Philippines could lose some $500 million in export sales if local companies fail to comply with existing labor laws, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday warned.
By Mayen Jaymalin, The Philippine Star
Posted at 05/06/2015 7:43 AM
MANILA - The Philippines could lose some $500 million in export sales...
Are Japan and the World Bank Supporting a Coal Plant With Human Rights Violations In Indonesia?
Now all eyes turn to Japan and the World Bank. Both have clear policies meant to safeguard human rights, but both also have a history of overlooking violations in favor of support for large projects. The World Bank's involvement, through a $33.9 million guarantee for Batang from the Indonesia...
Activist deported from Cambodia continues fighting dam from abroad
So read the text sent at 5 pm on February 23 by Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson, the founder of the Cambodian conservation group Mother Nature, to key supporters and members of the media. He sent it from the Department of Immigration office where he was being held at Phnom Penh International...
Non-compliance with social practices causes $500 million loss in exports
Foreign buyers’ representatives are urging local exporters and manufacturers to brace themselves for social compliance audit, noting the Philippines can lose as much as $500 million in potential export revenues yearly due to their non-compliance.
April 13, 2015
Foreign buyers’ representatives are urging local exporters and manufacturers to brace themselves for...
Human Rights and Business – Country Guide Myanmar
This Human Rights and Business Country Guide contains information regarding the potential and actual human rights impacts of businesses operating in Myanmar. The information in this Guide is gathered from publicly available sources and is intended to help companies respect human rights and contribute to development in their own...
An opening in Laos the US cannot miss
A remarkable yet little-noticed development in the US rebalance to the Asia Pacific has been Washington’s overtures to Laos, a country long isolated and often overlooked by US officials.
Published: 11/04/2015 at 06:16 AM
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A remarkable yet little-noticed development in the US rebalance to the Asia Pacific has been Washington’s...
