On November 15, 2018, the US Government issued sanctions against 17 Saudi individuals for involvement in the killing of Washington Post...
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The roles played by investors, corporates and state-owned enterprises were in the spotlight on Day 3 of the UN Forum. A key theme was...
A focus on human rights due diligence continued into Day 2 of the UN Forum, highlighting the importance of factoring gender...
Key players in the business and human rights world congregate in Geneva this week for the annual UN Forum. Hard on the heels of the UN...
The 2018 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, released earlier this week, gives low scores to a surprisingly large number of the apparel,...
The United Nations Working Group on business and human rights has published a report on trends in human rights due diligence,...
Last week, the Court of Appeal in the Netherlands ordered that the Dutch government must take steps to cut its greenhouse gas emissions...
Stephanie Brown Cripps talks with Ian Welsh on the Innovation forum podcast about how governments – particularly the US – are...
By Emily Feirman Where there is human trafficking, there is usually money changing hands; financial institutions should examine their own...
In the wake of the Court of Appeal’s decision in AAA v Unilever last month, we examine how evolving jurisprudence on parent company...
With an all-new modern slavery bill before the Australian House of Representatives and increasing calls for reform of the UK Modern...
Freshfields was honored to host a two-day conference last week presented by the Innovation Forum focusing on how business can tackle...