Gender, Business & Human Rights Applying an intersectional approach is the most powerful way to tackle unfair treatment and transform the status quo. Gender justice must lie at the heart of business ...

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Snapshot Starting in 1998, multiple lawsuits were filed in US courts against chemical company DuPont in relation to PFOA used to produce Teflon. Local farmers, residents and company workers claimed to ...

“In your phone, in their air - A trace of graphite is in consumer tech. In these Chinese villages, it’s everywhere.”, 2 October 2016 … [V]irtually all… [lithium] batteries use graphite, and its cheap ...

Para la versión en español de este perfil de las demandas judiciales, haga clic acá. Snapshot In 2013, over 700 Chileans filed a claim against Boliden Mineral in Swedish court. Plaintiffs alleged they ...

A new report by the Fair Labor Association (FLA), commissioned by Nestlé, saw researchers visit 260 farms used by the company in Ivory Coast from September to December 2014. The researchers found 56 ...

Negative effects of lithium mining on indigenous communities in Chile & Argentina exposed by Washington Post investigation; includes company statements ...

Kiobel v. Shell - Proceedings in the USA In 2002, Royal Dutch/Shell was sued in US federal court by Esther Kiobel, the wife of Dr. Barinem Kiobel- an Ogoni activist who was member of the Movement for ...

Snapshot: In 1994, Papua-New Guinean landowners sued BHP in Australia, alleging BHP's operations at a copper mine caused the destruction of the surrounding environment and of their traditional ...

The UK is home to some of the largest multinational corporations in the world operating through integrated networks of subsidiary companies and complex supply chains. Through their global activities, ...

Retailer Gap Inc. on Thursday said it is settling all claims it is facing in a suit alleging violations of wage and hour laws and other workers' rights in Saipan garment factories in the U.S.

Snapshot: In 1998, a lawsuit was filed against Nike in California state court alleging unfair and deceptive practices for failing to disclose poor working conditions at Nike's overseas supplier ...