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The search for fashion supply chain transparency How can brands and retailers overcome traceability challenges to map exactly where their raw materials are coming from? The fashion industry's notoriously long, fragmented and opaque supply chains can conceal human rights and environmental abuses. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was introduced to try to make companies responsible for ensuring their supply chains were free from exploitation, but it was not until last month that the government announced financial penalties for those that fail to comply (box below). The government's action follows a D...

As prepared for delivery.  1.         Madame President, members of the Executive Board, colleagues, and friends. It is my great pleasure to join you today for this first regular session of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board for 2021. 2.         Allow me to begin by congratulating Her Excellency Ms. Lachezara Stoeva, the Permanent Representative of Bulgaria, on her election as the President of the Board, and welcoming our new Bureau members for 2021. 3.         I would like to express my gratitude to the outgoing Bureau members. In particular, I want to offer my hear...

Revised Lists Of The MOEX ESG Indices Announced Date 30/12/2020 Moscow Exchange announced the revised lists of MOEX - RSPP Responsibility and Transparency Index and MOEX - RSPP Sustainability Vector Index which will be implemented from 15 January 2021. The eligible universe of the Indices is constructed based on Stocks listed on MOEX which are selected to Russia’s largest companies according to analysis of disclosure of largest Russian companies in the field of sustainable growth and corporate social responsibility provided by RSPP as at December, 2020. The constituent list of MOEX - R...

with VOA Albanian Service   VOA: Ambassador Kim, thank you for this interview. Through almost one year of your presence in Albania, the focus of your public statements has been justice reform. Recently, you have spoken often about the Constitutional Court, insisting on the need to make it functional within this month. How realistic is this objective, considering that so far, it has taken a long time (more than one year) to evaluate candidates, while two of the three current vacancies have been announced less than three months ago?  Ambassador Kim: Thanks, first of all for the opportunity t...

The son and brother of the nen transportation minister. according to the new yorker. a contractor there told the magazine contractor were often paid in cash. >> they were paying duffel bags with cash. to the contractors. millions of dollars in cash. which is of course about as big warning sign. red flags. certainly you're dealing with a government official. and doing business in the country that scores very poorly on the transparency index. you have a reason to take extra due diligence. >> the trump organization attorney told the new yorker that the company did do due diligence for the project...