A group of leading charities in the UK have launched a manifesto with recommendations to improve corporate sustainability and accountability in corporate human rights abuses abroad....
On this day 25 years ago, the Chinese Communist party sent 200,000 soldiers to suppress a peaceful student-led demonstration calling for political reform. The move caused...
As Qatar prepares to host the World Cup in 2022, it has announced labour reforms following accusations of forced labour, exploitation and modern slavery. The proposals...
Signatories to the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) will decide on Friday whether international discussions are required to debate a pre-emptive ban on fully autonomous...
Major oil companies have reported misleading and untrue claims over spills that occurred in the Niger delta region, in order to avoid giving compensation to local...
The Co-operative Bank has assured its customers, including some of the UK’s leading charities, that it will not to vacate its ethical principles as it prepares...
A joint investigation by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International has condemned the use of drones in US attacks on Pakistan and Yemen, claiming it amounts...
Almost 40 charities, campaign groups, academics, thinktanks and online networks have joined together in a diverse coalition united against the lobbying bill. The alliance includes well-known...
Human rights group Amnesty International has called on Italy and the rest of Europe to do more to prevent further loss of life, following the death of...
Four Swedish AP national pension funds have announced they will drops shares in four companies criticised for their negative environmental and social records. Following the suggestions...
Shell’s profits in the second quarter of 2013 were 21% less than in the same period as last year, because of difficulties in Nigeria and tax...
Human rights group Amnesty International has questioned Sweden’s pension fund over its investment in companies that produce drugs used for executions. The organisation claims that the...
A number of rich investors have been claiming to give to charities as a measure of avoiding paying tax – when in fact the charities have...
Oil investors could be exposed to “serious financial risk” if they fail to challenge multinational firms over their responsibility, a report by the University of Essex...
Cutthroat, challenging, lucrative; just three words that can be used to describe the advertising industry. But there is one company striving to break the mould –...