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Eisenerzschatz in Guinea: Was den Genfer Korruptionsprozess gegen Steinmetz mit dem Handelskonflikt zwischen China und Australien verbindet

February 15, 2021
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Hidden in plain sight: Commodity traders’ human rights impacts and responsibilities

August 23, 2021
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Commodity traders play a key role in connecting global value chains by moving raw materials from the point of production or extraction, sometimes transforming them through processes such as blending, crushing, smelting before delivering them, often across distant geographies, to manufacturers of goods for retail markets. They are very much part of the global value […]

March 9, 2021
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The recent developments around human rights due diligence measures in the run up to the referendum on the Swiss Responsible Business Initiative and the recently announced German Human Rights Due Diligence law throw a strong spotlight on global supply chains. While the exact provisions of the Swiss counterproposal and the German law are still to be unveiled […]

November 19, 2020
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One of the most controversial issues in the debate on the ‘responsible business’ initiative, which goes to a nationwide vote on November 29, concerns the scope of the Swiss proposal, compared with regulations in other countries. Is Switzerland poised to break new legal ground all on its own? https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-corporate-responsibility-vote-reflects-wider-trend/46160432

November 12, 2020
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Multinational firms are more than the totality of their employees and stockholders. Can a multinational, as an anonymous entity, be held responsible for what happens in the entire line of production, asks Daniel Warner. Do they have a soul to damn or a body to kick? https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/can-multinational-corporations-be-responsible-/46152654?utm_content=o&utm_medium=display&utm_source=swissinfoch

August 14, 2020
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Switzerland had no colonies of its own – which was exactly why it was able to profit from colonialism. The country’s relationship with the great colonial powers allowed it to cement its economic position in the world. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/how-switzerland-profited-from-colonialism/45961280

Commodity Training – Sample Blog

September 28, 2018
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