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The mandate of John Ruggie as the United Nations Special Representative on Business and Human Rights, first extended by the UN Human Rights Council in 2005, was recently extended another three years. We hear excerpts today from Ruggie’s keynote address earlier this week at the Responsible Investing Forum, which will post the complete talk on its website in the near future.
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Charlie Cray of the Center for Corporate Policy gives his take on the opportunities — and dangers — of the transition to the Obama Administration. Read the show transcript
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Dan Viederman, executive director of Verite’, a nonprofit that monitors factories globally for compliance with human and labor rights codes.
Discussion touches on Verité’s work with the Gap on its groundbreaking Social Responsibility Report that disclosed for the first time labor rights violations; Verité’s new report on exploitation of foreign contract laborers in Asia and the Middle East; the challenges of maintaining independence from corporate clients.
Links:
Verite Report Identifies Exploitation of Foreign Contract Laborers in Asia and the Middle East
Gap-Verite Collaboration Exemplifies Award-Winning Practice on Social Responsibility
