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Only diligent businesses accepted

The statutory requirement to conduct business with due diligence is meant to have a preventive effect, ensuring that business never violates human rights or harms the environment in the first place. A case study from France.

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Feminism washing: are multinationals really empowering women?

Rohstoffhandel und Rohstoffabbau sind nicht zu trennen. Die Schweizer Politik tut aber genau das – mit fatalen Folgen

Die Schweiz als neues Eldorado für Klageanwälte? | NZZ

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Responsible consumption - the soft power of story telling

The Banana Massacre (Trailer)

The UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights: An Introduction

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Ab in die Steueroase / Nicholas Shaxson ... [et al.]

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Café : la success story qui cache la crise : étude sur la durabilité de la filière du café : rapport de recherche / BASIC ; éd. Max Havelaar France... [et al.]

Die Schweiz als Agrarhandelsplatz / Alice Kohl ; Public Eye

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Only diligent businesses accepted

The statutory requirement to conduct business with due diligence is meant to have a preventive effect, ensuring that business never violates human rights or harms the environment in the first place. A case study from France.

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One tax for all

The value chains of multinationals have long spanned the entire globe. Yet corporations are still being taxed at the nation-state level. Unitary taxation, a worldwide aggregate corporate taxation, could change this.

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"They said they were bringing development"

The Federal Council plans to work much more with private sector capital for development cooperation in the future. A closer look reveals enormous risks. The case study of a Swiss agricultural company in Ghana.

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