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  Coming clean on the clothes we wear

  AccountAbility, 2005

  The Transparency Report Card assesses and compares 25 apparel retailers and brands selling apparel products in the Canadian market in terms of their efforts to address worker rights issues in their global supply chains and on how and what they report on those efforts.Companies are rated according to their programmes to achieve compliance with recognised international labour standards in the fac
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  White gold: the true cost of cotton: Uzbekistan, cotton and the crushing of a nation

  Environmental Justice Foundation, 2005

  This report details cotton production in the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan. The authors argue that this industry represents one of the most exploitative enterprises in the world, violating human rights and causing major damage to the environment.The document examines the political background in Uzbekistan and the regime’s practice of using child labour.
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  Day and night at the factory: working conditions of temporary workers in the factories of Nokia and its suppliers in southern China

  Export Credit Agencies International NGO Campaign, 2005

  This report aims to summarise working conditions at Nokia’s joint venture in Dongguan and at the factories of Nokia’s subcontractors.
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  Looking for a quick fix: how weak social auditing is keeping workers in sweatshops

  Clean Clothes Campaign, 2005

  This report argues that social audits as they are currently carried out often fail to deliver as a tool for checking working conditions in facilities producing garments and sports shoes.
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  ASDA Wal-Mart: the alternative report

  War on Want, 2005

  Contrasting Wal-Mart/Asda statements on Corporate Social Responsibility with their actions, the report highlights how relentless pursuit of the lowest possible prices has had a negative impact on the company’s employees as well as its suppliers.Workers in Wal-Mart stores and distribution centres have seen their rights violated as a result of cost cutting, while the company’s determined oppositi
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  The oil for ape scandal: how palm oil is threatening orang-utan survival

  Friends of the Earth, 2005

  This report discusses the imminent threat of extinction to orang-utan in Malaysia and Indonesia bought about by the production of palm oil (a source of vegetable oil).
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  The toy industry in China: undermining workers’ rights and rule of law

  China Labor Watch, 2005

  This report, based on investigations of eleven randomly selected toy plants in the Guangdong Province, China, gives a picture of some of the problems shared by the industry as a whole. It shows that newly adopted corporate codes of conduct have not halted the infringement of toy workers’ rights.
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  Exploring the links between international business and poverty reduction: a case study of Unilever in Indonesia

  Oxfam, 2005

  This research explores to what extent, and how, the wealth generated by the local operating company of a multinational company in a developing country is translated into poverty impacts in one particular country. In this case it is the operations of Unilever Indonesia (UI) in Indonesia.
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  Tea break: a crisis brewing in India

  ActionAid International, 2005

  This report assesses the conditions on India’s tea plantations, which are characterised by poverty, hunger and a denial of workers’ rights. The report highlights that since the late 1990s, at least 60,000 workers have lost their jobs as tea prices have fallen and plantations have closed down. Tens of thousands of workers are threatened by further closures.
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  Thailand: the plight of burmese migrant workers

  Amnesty International, 2005

  This article examines some of the key issues and problems faced by Burmese migrant workers and their families in Thailand. The material is based on testimonies from migrant workers, official documents and media reports.

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