Working group was founded to bring further expertise to the European parliament on topics related to responsible business and to increase discussion between various stakeholder groups and EU institutions.
Responsible Business Conduct working group gathers MEPs from most political groups
of the European Parliament.
Links to the presentations of the Event:
Text by Julia Christian, FernThe text was originally published on Fern website on 13th November 2019. NGOs’ campaign to reduce the European Union’s global forest footprint hit a new milestone on Tuesday, 5 November 2019, when the chairs of the European Parliament’s committees on environment (ENVI), international trade (INTA) and human rights (DROI) all called for a
Text by Jo Blackman, Global WitnessThe blog was originally published on Global Witness website on 7th November 2019 Could European politicians be sitting up and finally paying real attention to climate breakdown? The last few months have seen strong rhetoric on a European Green Deal from the new European Commission, and the circle of interest
The chair of the Responsible Business Conduct working group, Heidi Hautala, has handed over the Shadow EU Action Plan on Business and Human Rights to the Director General of DG Justice Tiina Astola, the Deputy Secretary General in charge of Global and Economic Issues at the European External Action Service, Christian Leffler and William Sleath
The new Commission will be in front of a task to bring about a transformation, to bring Europe on a sustainable path. It will be absolutely necessary to ensure that private sector is operating within the planetary boundaries, and respects human rights. The EU needs a horizontal mandatory human rights due diligence legislation. Moreover, it
The RBC wg launched a Shadow EU Action Plan on Business and Human Rights on the 19 March. This Shadow EU Action Plan is a signal to the European Commission and the Council of the European Union that time is ripe for the EU to put systematic and effective measures in place implementing the United
Sign the pledge here! As the world’s largest economy the European Union (EU) has a particular responsibility to prove leadership in the promotion and protection of human rights against harm linked to business operations. The obligation to protect requires the EU and its Member States to prevent infringements of human rights that occur inside the
The RBC working group organised an Exhibition on Business and Human Rights at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the 11-14 March. At the exhibition the Pledge on Business and Human Rights for opened for signatures for current MEPs as well as Candidates in the European Elections. Below Anne-Marie Mineur’s Speech at the Opening of
The debate in the EU on responsible business conduct has evolved greatly in the past 5 years and now before the European elections in May, it is time to take stock of where the EU is. But, most importantly we need to look ahead. How do the instruments currently at EU’s disposal serve the purpose
Top Glove, the major supplier of medical and rubber gloves is allegedly in grave violation of human rights by resorting to bonded labour. Once hired, the Malaysian company’s workers are charged exorbitant fees by its labour suppliers. To pay off their debts to suppliers, workers at the factory have had to work up to 120
