Shipping companies' lifeline to Myanmar junta demonstrates disdain for human rights
Unions slam shipping giants for sustaining regime, including Maersk’s hollow claim of performing ‘heightened human rights due diligence’
Stay updated with breaking news from Mark Dearn. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Unions slam shipping giants for sustaining regime, including Maersk’s hollow claim of performing ‘heightened human rights due diligence’
The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, and five United Nations Special Rapporteurs have written to Unilever Plc, expressing their deep concern about the lack of access to justice and an effective remedy provided by Unilever to a group of (former) Unilever workers who were brutally assaulted on a Unilever tea plantation.
16 February 2021 7:54 GMT Updated 16 February 2021 7:54 GMT in London OPINION: Two recent ground-breaking legal judgements in the Netherlands and the UK against Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell have widened the circumstances in which multinational companies can be held responsible for the activities of subsidiaries. ENERGY EXPLORED: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCELERATE Gain valuable insight into the global oil and gas industry's energy transition from ACCELERATE, the free weekly newsletter from Upstream and Recharge. On 29 January, a Dutch court found Shell liable for pollution caused by it...