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SUPPLIERS MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ACROSS THE VALUE CHAIN

An investigation by Dagens Nyheter links nickel mining to rainforest destruction and threats to Indigenous peoples, and criticizes Volvo CE, whose machines are used in the mining. 

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Swedwatch is an independent, non-profit research organisation striving to empower rights holders and to promote responsible business practices.

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Report: Funding gap

Funding rightsholder-driven due diligence

Limited funding for worker and community driven due diligence is undermining efforts to hold companies accountable. Learn more on how effective resourcing can advance rightsholder priorities.

Recommendations and examples

Media Pakistan

Report: Unsustainable procurement

Shortcomings in EU procurement rules

Public funds spent on procuring hospital textiles are connected to exploitative labour practices in Pakistan’s textile industry, underscoring the need to revise EU public procurement rules by introducing binding due diligence standards.

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Cost analysis

Unveiling the costs for compliance

The European Commission claims simpler laws boost business competitiveness, but Swedwatch’s analysis of Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive compliance costs reveals this narrative is flawed.

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Panel-discussion Omnibus

Sustainability & competitiveness

The EU’s Omnibus deregulation proposal risks reducing competitiveness, contrary to its goal — a point echoed at Swedwatch’s Almedalen panel, where leaders stressed that sustainability and competitiveness go hand in hand.

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Defenders at risk

Report

Drawing on case studies of renewable projects, this report provides key recommendations for governments and companies to better safeguard the rights of human rights defenders in the energy transition.

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Securing a living wage for garment workers

Briefing

Root causes behind the low wages in Bangladeshs Ready-Made-Garment sector and what global brands and policymakers could do about it.

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Sustainable public procurement recommendations

Position paper

Five key recommendations on how public procurement can drive positive change, and be integrated into EU’s public procurement legislation.

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Short videos

Exporting harm

Farmers continue to suffer from widespread pesticide use.

Defenders at risk

Defenders protecting land and communities must not pay the price for renewable energy.

Investing responsibly

The role of investors in ensuring a just transition to green energy.

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