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National Contact Point: The limits of dialogue

09.10.2017, Corporate responsibility

Economic associations are opposed to the introduction of civil liability for business-related human rights violations and environmental degradation, as proposed under the Responsible Business Initiative; they point to National Contact Point.

Laurent Matile
Laurent Matile

Expert on Enterprises and Development

National Contact Point: The limits of dialogue

Where people are dwarfed by machines. Photo: At Zambia's Mopani copper mine owned by the Glencore group, some 4,000 tonnes of copper ore are brought to the surface daily.
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