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Monthly Archives: November 2014

Fever pitch

November 15, 2014by mkaszti Leave a comment

Lured to Cambodia with the promise of professional contracts and lucrative wages, many talented Nigerian footballers are left penniless and desperate by shadowy agents and ruthless clubs. Tomasz Eszua is […]

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It is too early to praise industry for Thai prawn slavery meeting

November 15, 2014by mkaszti Leave a comment

When in June of this year, British newspaper The Guardian published a damning report tracing fishmeal that it claimed had been caught by workers kept in slave-like conditions, a public […]

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New World Bank rules will be disastrous for indigenous peoples

November 15, 2014by mkaszti Leave a comment

The World Bank has come under a barrage of criticism from rights groups, which allege its revised rules for granting loans of up to US$50 bn a year to developing […]

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How military-owned companies have been silencing dissent in Burma

November 15, 2014by mkaszti Leave a comment

In what many say is an attempt to silence dissent against an allegedly military-orchestrated land grab, a Burmese court has been prosecuting hundreds of farmers who have been calling for […]

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Human rights due diligence is part of the cost of business in SE Asia

November 15, 2014by mkaszti Leave a comment

Recently, it seems that not a week goes by without a lead story in the English-language press raising serious concerns about the adverse impact of some food and beverage companies […]

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ANZ Bank accused of abandoning farmers after splitting with sugar firm

November 15, 2014by mkaszti Leave a comment

Early this month, in what looks like a failed attempt to save its reputation, Australia‘s ANZ Bank severed its ties with Phnom Penh Sugar, a company accused of a range […]

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Turning tables: NGOs commend multinational for transparency in Myanmar

November 15, 2014by mkaszti Leave a comment

In a rare move, NGOs and rights experts commended Coca-Cola for a report it has submitted with the US State Department regarding its responsible business practices in Myanmar. Filing such […]

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How companies should act to stamp out fishing slavery in Thailand

November 15, 2014by mkaszti Leave a comment

If modern-day slavery is ever to be eradicated from Thailand’s food sector, companies and supermarkets must set out to make their supply chains more transparent—a move for which there seems to be […]

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Firm’s ‘bullying’ response to labour claims sets dangerous preceden

November 15, 2014by mkaszti Leave a comment

The lawsuit brought by a Thai pineapple exporter against a migrant rights advocate is a textbook example of a corporation trying to bully and intimidate its critics rather than scrutinise its own […]

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Questions to answer for Tate & Lyle in Cambodian land-grabbing actio

November 15, 2014by mkaszti Leave a comment

This month, one of Britain’s biggest sugar producing companies resigned from a voluntary ethical sugar initiative it founded amid suggestions of illegal land-grabbing. Tate & Lyle Sugars, one of the […]

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