WASHINGTON – Thailand should be liable to potential US sanctions for failing to crack down on trafficking in migrant workers, a group of human rights and labour organisations said on Friday. In a letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry, 19 organisations, including Human Rights Watch and the American Federation of Labour, said Thailand […]
WASHINGTON, May 2 2014 (IPS) – The future of religion in U.S. politics lies not with conservatives but rather with religious progressives, social scientists here are suggesting, with a faith-based movement potentially able to provide momentum to a new movement for social justice. According to a new report from the Brookings Institute, a think tank here, the […]
By Carey L. Biron Hasina, one of the 2,438 Rana Plaza workers that came out alive, by the remains of the factory on Sep. 25, 2013. Credit: Robert Stefanicki/IPS WASHINGTON, Apr 24 2014 (IPS) – A coalition of 134 institutional investors are calling for global corporations to institute new transparency policies throughout their supply […]
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Mercy Investment Services is pleased to announce that it has withdrawn board diversity resolutions at Republic Services, Joy Global and Jarden Corporation following successful engagements resulting in progress by the companies.
Motivated by mounting scientific evidence that human activity is a leading cause of climate change, major institutional investors are pushing for stronger action by companies in climate-related shareholder resolutions in the 2014 proxy season. The 35 institutional investors are led by Walden Asset Management, the New York State comptroller’s office, the California State teachers’ retirement […]
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