Labour standards
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- Exploitation of labour rights in Abu Dhabi
- ( Human Rights Watch , 2009)
- Saadiyat Island, in the Arabian Gulf, is a 27 square kilometer island consisting primarily of sand and mangrove swamp. Within a decade, if a $22 to 27 billion development plan goes according to schedu...
- Enhancing transparency in Hong Kong garment company supply chains
- ( CSR Asia , 2009)
- This report examines transparency in Hong Kong garment sector supply chain operations to provide an update of their overall performance, and any key developments facing Hong Kong companies....
- Cheap goods: counting the cost of giant retailers' purchasing practices
- ( M. Hearson (ed) / Clean Clothes Campaign , 2009)
- This report examines the business practices of giant retailers such as Walmart, Tesco, Carrefour, Lidl, and Aldi. These retailers have a global reach and huge market share in many countries, using the...
- Labour rights abuses in the pineapple supply chain
- ( International Labor Rights Forum , 2008)
- Since the 1960’s, pineapple production has quadrupled and export has tripled worldwide. While profits for some have tremendously expanded under such development, this report demonstrates how pin...
- Enhancing understanding and implementation of the UNGC labour principles
- ( Global Compact Network, United Nations , 2008)
- The labour principles of the UN Global Compact are among the most specific of the initiative’s ten principles. They are not the easiest to implement. Many companies face difficulties in knowing ...
- The state of the labour market in South Africa
- ( National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa , 2008)
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Since the mid-1990s, the South African labour market has been reshaped to conform to the demands of a modern developing economy, while at the same time responding to the needs of what government ch...
- How to combat forced labour?
- ( International Labour Organization , 2008)
- Forced labour and human trafficking are important issues for employers and their organisations, including not only small enterprises on the margins of the formal economy, but also large multinational ...
- How to end child labour in cocoa production?
- ( International Labor Rights Forum , 2008)
- This document reviews the outcome of a policy instrument drafted in 2001, the “Protocol for the Growing and Processing of Cocoa Beans and their Derivative Products,” also known as the Hark...
- Economic impact of garment industry in Southern Africa
- ( E. de Haan;M.V. Stichele / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations , 2007)
- Sub-Saharan African countries have been able to attract a huge investment in garment industry by offering a variety of incentives. But what have been the consequences of attracting what is known to be...
- Working conditions in IKEA's suppliers in Bangaldesh and Vietnam
- ( E. de Haan;M. van Dijk / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations , 2006)
- This paper presents the findings of a study on the working conditions in IKEA’s suppliers in Bangladesh and Vietnam. It assesses the working conditions in the factories by comparing them with th...
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