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US State Department TIP Report Praises Fair Food Program

The 2024 Trafficking in Persons report of the United States State Department praises the human rights protections for migrant workers of the Fair Food Program and other worker-driven social responsibility models:  “Over the last several years, government and private sector attention has become focused on resilient supply chains, and there are increasing supply chain transparency…(Read more)

Citizens Confront Climate Crisis: A G78 Conference

The Group of 78, a Canadian non-profit promoting education and policy solutions for planetary survival, is hosting its annual conference in Ottawa on September 27 and 28, 2024 with the title of Citizens Confront Climate Crisis. Featured speakers will include leading-edge environmental campaigners, scholars, policy researchers, and an Indigenous Elder from the Ottawa-Gatineau region.  For…(Read more)

Combatting Gender-Based Violence through Investment

“Corporate leaders and investors have been slow to treat violence against women as a major risk and mitigate accordingly,” argues Singapore-based SWEEF Capital in the latest webinar in its Gender ROI Insight series.  GBV in the workplace can range from aggressive language and financial coercion to physical injury and sexual assault. Focusing on survivor-centred approaches,…(Read more)

Financial Solutions to the Marine Plastics Crisis in East Asia and the Pacific

A recent post by the International Finance Corporation highlighted an investment by Circulate Capital, a Singapore-based climate fund, in Union J Plus in Thailand, “a women-owned and led company that collects and recycles large volumes of domestic plastic waste in Thailand and converts it primarily into premium, food-grade polyolefin plastic”. The injection of capital “will…(Read more)