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Companies urged not to succumb to intimidation in the face of Chinese government’s threats of commercial retaliation against companies citing forced labor risks in Uyghur Region. NEW YORK, NY – TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2021 – The Investor Alliance for Human Rights today announced that its members have...

Johannes Blankenbach & Saskia Wilks, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Since its beginning a year ago, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed once more the vulnerabilities in value chains, the precarity of global business operations, and the weakness of voluntary corporate action in...

As Palantir files S-1 with SEC in bid for listing on NYSE, fresh concerns emerge regarding contracts with government agencies with a record of human rights abuse. NEW YORK, NY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2020 – The Investor Alliance for Human Rights is today publishing a risk briefing on Palantir...

Groups file petition with Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for a regional WRO on cotton products from the Xinjiang Region NEW YORK, NY, MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST, 2020 - Today a group of human rights, labor and investor organizations, filed a formal petition with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)...

From WWD: In recentering those working in factories and on farms, what role do fiber and textile standards in the industry play? By Kaley Roshitsh on August 12, 2020 Investors who assume do-gooding in the distant apparel factories and farms within their portfolios of investments are waking up to...