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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Featured pages Featured pages Featured pages Featured pages ‘How Total plans to protects its $15bn major gas project’ 7 January 2021 Despite the armed insurgency that has been plaguing Mozambique since 2017, Total intends to continue its major gas project there. It trusts the authorities to ensure its safety, in return for a solid financial contribution. Since 2017, an armed insurgency has been targeting the central government in Maputo in the C...

Expo 2020 Dubai gets British Safety Councils top honour DUBAI, January 13, 2021 Expo 2020 Dubai has been awarded the British Safety Council’s Sword of Honour, in recognition of the organisation’s dedication to ensuring the health, safety and well-being of its workforce. Expo 2020 was one of 66 organisations from across the globe to achieve the prestigious accolade in 2020.   The British Safety Council is one of the world’s leading health and safety bodies, with the London-based charit...

Download logo The COVID-19 pandemic, emerging digital threats, climate change and the US China relationship are among the Top 5 Risks for business in 2021,

Despite the armed insurgency that has been plaguing Mozambique since 2017, Total intends to continue its major gas project there. It trusts the authorities to ensure its safety, in return for a solid financial contribution. Since 2017, an armed insurgency has been targeting the central government in Maputo in the Cabo Delgado province, where most of the major gas discoveries have been made in recent years. The insurgency is led by al-Shabab, a group that pledged allegiance to the Islamic state ...

4 Min Read BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Walmart Inc, the world’s largest retailer, said on Friday it was selling its retail operations in Argentina to South American supermarket chain owner Grupo de Narváez, pulling back as the country grapples with an economic crisis. FILE PHOTO: The entrance to a Walmart store is seen in Bradford, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid The U.S. company did not disclose the size of the deal for retail operations involving more than 90 stores...

The RiskMap 2021 website: www.ControlRisks.com/riskmap Underpinning these risks, the danger of missing the rebound in a year of multi-speed recovery is a top risk for business in the coming year. “There’s no doubt that businesses will continue to face considerable disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic, but we believe that the opportunities are real and exciting for many companies in 2021,” comments Control Risks CEO, Nick Allan. All top 5 global risks are present in Africa but play out i...

In 2021, businesses will face a globally fragmented recovery from COVID-19; now is the time embrace risk and focus on the rebound.

The era of trade liberalization is over, and it will be difficult for the incoming Biden administration to re-join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to Control Risks.

The era of trade liberalization is over, and it will be difficult for the incoming Biden administration to re-join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to...

2:30 PM MYT Biden will be sworn into office in two weeks and it is not clear whether he plans to implement Trump’s new order, which is meant to take effect in 45 days. Alipay has more than one billion users and 80 million merchants in China but the app was only downloaded 207,000 times in the US last year. — SCMP US President Donald Trump’s new executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps, including Alipay and WeChat Pay, marks the latest escalation of the US-China tech wa...