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01 May 2024
Going green while protecting workers’ rights
The garment industry in Bangladesh is undergoing rapid changes. With international brands committed to...
29 April 2024
The link between women, business and human rights and peace is often overlooked
Women have a crucial role to play in efforts to resolve conflict and sustain peace, but the link betwe...
27 April 2023
The EU must urgently review its outdated policy on export credits
Despite promises to make financial flows consistent with a low-carbon economy, EU member states contin...
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...
30 May 2022
The right to a healthy environment: What now for business?
After years of calls from civil society, the UN Human Rights Council in October 2021 recognised that t...
25 November 2021
Towards increased transparency in the pharmaceutical supply chain
Industrial emissions from manufacturing of medicines are often associated with environmental pollution...
17 September 2021
Time for Swedish leadership in carbon-free export finance
Despite positive steps taken by Swedish export credit agencies to stop its support to fossil fuel extr...
23 February 2021
Firestone Liberia and Bridgestone Corporation Must Investigate Pollution Claims
Natural rubber is used in many products from car tyres to clothes. Its processing provides livelihoods...
21 January 2021
Electronics brands must protect workers from hazardous chemicals in the Philippines
Results from a new Swedwatch survey indicate shortcomings in the human rights processes of leading sma...
01 December 2020
Swedwatch calls for integration of business and human rights into peace and security frameworks
Swedwatch recently joined an online dialogue with the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights an...
11 November 2020
Swedwatch urges investors to support defenders as pandemic adds to dangers
Human rights and environmental defenders play a key role in contributing to upholding democracy and su...