Corporate Accountability Archives - Focus on the Global South

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...

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),...

[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...

We 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...

Protecting 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...

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.

INWARD 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...

Open Letter to the Chair of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on TNCs and Human Rights

by Anisa | Mar 23, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Statement | 0

Subject: Concerns after the presentation of the report of the 7th session of the OEIGWG by the...

Position Paper of the Global Campaign on Due Diligence in Human Rights

by Anisa | Mar 16, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, News, Statement | 0

GLOBAL CAMPAIGN The Global Campaign considers that human rights due diligence is a preventive...

Press conference on 15 March: No to Nature Based Solutions!

by Anisa | Mar 11, 2022 | Announcement, Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Media Release | 0

As corporations and governments push “nature-based solutions” to fight the climate and biodiversity crises, over 360 organisations launch a statement exposing them as “nature based dispossessions” that will cause huge new land grabs and promote harmful practices like monoculture tree plantations and industrial agriculture.