A former senior judge and leading US advocate for workers’ rights has joined law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Kratz. Leo Strine, a former Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice, is known for arguing that corporations should focus more on their workers. In his new role, he will be advising clients to care about their employees […]
Read MoreThe UK government should impose a duty on all companies to prevent human rights abuses with the failure to do so becoming an offence, the parliamentary joint committee on human rights has recommended in its report on human rights and business. The committee inquiry had examined how the UK was currently implementing the European Convention […]
Read MoreThe first-ever ranking of the world’s largest publicly listed companies on their human rights performance, the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) has been launched beginning with a pilot benchmark process. The final scores will be available in November this year. The 2016 pilot benchmark will rank the top 100 companies in the agricultural products, apparel, and extractive industries using […]
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