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A Feature on the 2019 Fair Finance India Scorecard

Posted by Cividep India | Oct 2, 2019

The Fair Finance India report 2019, co-authored by Cividep, finds mention in this feature by Deccan Herald. This report assesses the policies and practices of eight top Indian banks, and analyses snd rates their performance against various environmental, social, and governance standards. This is sought to encourage Indian banks to set in place transformational policies that will pave the way for sustainable, responsible, and fair finance.

Inaugural UN South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights

Posted by Cividep India | Apr 1, 2019

Cividep India participates in a panel discussion on ‘Labour standards beyond the factory walls’, at the Inaugural UN South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights organized by UNDP and the UN working group on Business and Human Rights.

Cividep at a Round-Table Conference at the University of Valencia, Spain

Posted by Cividep India | Jan 2, 2018

Video proceedings of a round-table conference at the Universitat De Valencia, Faculty of Law where Cividep India spoke about working conditions in the Indian leather industry, as part of a larger campaign with academics, trade unions and civil society organizations in Europe.

Th need for a legally-binding treaty on business and human rights: A podcast

Posted by Cividep India | Sep 26, 2016

Surya Deva, Associate Professor at the School of Law of the City University of Hong Kong and Member of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights speaks on why we need a legally binding treaty to regulate corporations with respect to human rights.

Brands come face-to-face with their ‘invisible’ workforce

Posted by Cividep India | Apr 6, 2016

A Reuters news article features a historic meeting that brought together homeworkers and manufacturers of Tamil Nadu’s leather industry with international leather brands for the first time. This was organized as a part of our research endeavor mapping the role of homeworkers, an otherwise invisible workforce in the global supply chain of leather goods.

Topic: Corporate Accountability

A Feature on the 2019 Fair Finance India Scorecard

Inaugural UN South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights

Cividep at a Round-Table Conference at the University of Valencia, Spain

Th need for a legally-binding treaty on business and human rights: A podcast

Brands come face-to-face with their ‘invisible’ workforce