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Sports sponsorship
17 November 2022

New Swedwatch briefing calls on sport sponsors to uphold human rights

Companies that use sport sponsorships to advertise their products or services have an important role t...
Call to action
CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY
10 June 2020

Mining machinery sales in Myanmar may be aggravating human rights abuses

Major mining machinery suppliers still appear to lack adequate safeguards in their sales, two years af...
Call to action
COVID-19 AND HUMAN RIGHTS
29 April 2020

Companies must act responsibly towards migrant workers

Migrant workers in Dubai’s hotel sector are hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Companies employing mig...
Call to action
OECD
07 May 2019

Swedwatch raises new perspective on company responsibility at OECD

What are the responsibilties of companies who sell mining equipment on high-risk markets? This was dis...
Call to action
CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY
20 June 2018

Machinery providers fail to recognize human rights risks in Myanmar’s jade mines

Irresponsible jade extraction has led to human suffering and environmental degradation in Myanmar’s co...
Call to action
Sponsorship
12 June 2018

Sponsors must act on human rights risks

Companies that sponsor the Swedish Football Association need to act on human rights risks associated w...
Call to action
Risks in Colombia
19 March 2018

Human rights defender warns of risks related to Colombian hydropower plant

Swedish companies Atlas Copco and Scania are suppliers to the construction of Colombia’s biggest hydro...
Call to action
Kundansvar
05 February 2018

Atlas Copco, Sandvik should do more to address risks in South Africa’s platinum mines

Companies that sell equipment to South Africa's platinum industry have a responsibility to analyse the...
Call to action
hydroelectrics Colombia
30 November 2015

Sharper focus on human rights needed

Swedwatch’s 2014 report Drowned Rights, Floating Responsibilities is now available in Spanish. It reve...
Call to action
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