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Is divestment the last resort for modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... slavery at the United Nations noted that modern slavery is still on the rise - last year, the International Labor Organisation estimated that at any given time, 50 million people are in conditions of modern slavery, and there has been a significant rise ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Last week FS Sustainability reported that modern slavery is still on the rise - last year, the International Labor Organisation estimated that 50 million people are in modern slavery at any given time. Profits for traffickers are estimated to be around ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... investor. Beyond worker safety concerns, modern slavery is still on the rise - last year, the International Labor Organisation estimated that at any given time, 50 million people are in conditions of modern slavery, and there has been a significant rise ...

Climate Bonds Standard tackles low-carbon transport

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... billions more in public and global aid funds subsidize the growing use of cars." The Climate Bond Standard cited International Energy Agency (IEA) data saying that the transport sector is responsible for 23% of all energy-related CO2 emissions globally ...

Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Macfarlane. "We will be continuing our campaign along the same lines that we were with the Labor government, with focus on international developments," said Claire Spoors, coordinator, Publish What You Pay Australia. "Obviously, the US and Europe have ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... investors which are calling on brands and retailers to implement the core labour standard of the International Labor Organisation (ILO). Bill Hartnett The statement comes as a response to the series of accidents in Bangladeshi garment factories in the ...
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