Category: Corporate Accountability
[FS4P] Social movements, Indigenous Peoples, and civil society organizations continue to fight against the corporate capture of global food governance
by Anisa | May 13, 2023 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Media Release | 0
Originally posted on People’s Autonomous Response to the UN Food Systems Summit website...
Read MoreCambodia. Rubber Plantations, Protected Areas, REDD+ and Other Threats: A Dramatic Loss for Forest Dwellers
by Anisa | May 3, 2023 | Cambodia, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Mekong Region, Opinion/Analysis | 0
by Ridan Sun Originally published here for the World Rainforest Movement. Twenty-five years...
Read MoreCLIMATE BREAKDOWN AND THE FAILURE OF MULTILATERALISM
by Focus on the Global South Team | Dec 27, 2022 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Statement | 0
End of year statement from Focus on the Global South December 2022 Extreme weather events in 2022...
Read MoreWhy direct obligations for TNCs and having an International Tribunal are crucial for an effective legally binding treaty
by Anisa | Oct 31, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, FOCUS Dispatch, Opinion/Analysis | 0
A Perspective from Asia* By Joseph Purugganan, Focus on the Global South/Asia Task Force a member...
Read MoreAgribusiness’ Solution to the Food Crisis: More of the Same
by Anisa | Oct 10, 2022 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Opinion/Analysis | 0
By Joseph Purugganan The Global Food Crisis, this time A dossier by Focus on the Global...
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A work scene of loading a container for coastal shipping onto a ship. May 7, 2011. Photo by Gazouya-japan, Container terminal = 鹿児島港北埠頭【 Pictures taken in Japan 】--②, CC BY-SA 4.0
Japan’s Human Rights Due Diligence Guidelines: A Small Step Forward or a Monkey Wrench?
by Galileo de Guzman Castillo | Sep 29, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, FOCUS Dispatch, Opinion/Analysis | 0
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo[i] Last month, Japan publicly released the draft of the Guidelines...
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Seminar on Human Rights and Business for Civil Society in Asia, 19 September 2022, at UNCC Bangkok, Thailand.
Towards A Stronger Corporate Accountability in Asia
by Anisa | Sep 29, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Event, FOCUS Dispatch, Social Movements | 0
On Monday, 19 September 2022, as part of the Asia Task Force on the Legally Binding Treaty (ATF),...
Read More[email protected]: End of the Road
by Anisa | Sep 29, 2022 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Event, FOCUS Dispatch, Trade and Investment, Video | 0
Focus on the Global South organized an online press conference titled “[email protected]: End of the Road” to...
Read MoreWe Belong to the Land
by Anisa | May 27, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Statement | 0
10 Years of the Tenure Guidelines: States Must Address Rising Inequalities and Enact Agrarian...
Read MoreProtecting workers’ rights in garment global supply chains as an important strategy for economic development in the global South
by Anisa | May 26, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
May 26, 2022 Joint Statement released by Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) and Focus on Global South...
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From left to right (clockwise): (1) A street sweeper maintains cleanliness of major roads amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. (2) Garment Workers in Cambodia. (3) Healthcare workers in India taking details of a patient in a respiratory disease ward. (4) Supermarket cashiers wear masks and face shields to maintain physical distance as grocery shopping has changed amid COVID-19, Bangkok, Thailand. All pictures © ILO Asia-Pacific
FOR A JUST PANDEMIC RECOVERY WITH WORKERS AT THE CENTRE
by Anisa | May 1, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Social Movements, Statement | 0
1 May, 2022 Statement from Focus on the Global South Workers across the world have faced a series of immense setbacks with the advance of neoliberalism and expansion of global value chains that have been exacerbated in the past two years.
Read MoreINWARD FLOWS AND UNDERTOWS: Investments in the Bangsamoro
by Galileo de Guzman Castillo | Apr 12, 2022 | 1Post Types, Corporate Accountability, Philippines, Posters and Infographics, Trade and Investment | 0
Development in the Bangsamoro: Whose Agenda and Interests? INWARD FLOWS AND UNDERTOWS: Investments...
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