Sustainability and Justice in the High Seas
<p>Greenpeace Southeast Asia urged Philippine-based tuna canneries to step up improvements in their systems and business practices to address issues on labor rights, sustainability, and traceable produce
Labour
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Choppy Waters: Forced Labour and Illegal Fishing in Taiwan’s Distant Water Fisheries
<p>This report is based on a 2019 investigation conducted by Greenpeace East Asia, involving interviews with migrant fishers from three fishing vessels that were either flagged or linked to Taiwan. We
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Powering the Economy with her: Women entrepreneurship in India
<p>India’s economic growth story has left women behind. Female labour force participation has stagnated, and present labour trends, technological disruptions and restrictive social barriers will
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Implementing the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention No. 169: Towards an inclusive, sustainable and just future
<p>This report examines the implementation of the Convention No. 169 and the current social and economic situation of indigenous people across the world. This report presents the social and economic situation
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Jobs of Tomorrow-Mapping Opportunity in the New Economy
<p>This report, Jobs of Tomorrow: Mapping Opportunity in the New Economy, takes an in-depth look into the 'black box' of new job creation, reviewing the shifting focus of employment to emerging
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Economic Survey lays out blueprint for $5 trillion economy
Notably, the Survey made the point that data must be viewed as a public good and used in a concerted way to deliver services. The Economic Survey 2019 presented by Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Krishnamurthy
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Rising heat stress could cost 80 mln jobs by 2030- U.N.
Rising heat due to climate change could lead to the loss of 80 million jobs by 2030, with poor countries worst hit, the United Nations said on Monday, as Europe sweltered in record temperatures. A temperature
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New govt should ease land acquisition rules: Krishnamurthy Subramanian
The latest pulse check for the economy is due on May 31, when the government will release gross domestic product data for the quarter ended March. India's new government should make it easier for companies
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Farmers increasingly relying on agricultural contractors, new research shows
A new study has found agriculture is kept operational through family, permanent-hired, outsourced and seasonal labour. The majority of South West farmers—87 per cent—now employ contractors—firms or
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Canadian firm to face historic legal case over alleged labour abuses in Eritrea
Appeals court rules against mining company Nevsun Resources, clearing way for workers to have claims of human rights violations heard in Canadian court A Canadian mining company has lost its bid to
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Climate change is already damaging the health of millions around the globe
Climate change is already damaging the health of millions of people around the world, with the outlook only set to worsen if action is not taken. That's according to a new report produced by an international