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1 month ago | 
euobserver.com | Mary Robinson |Phil Bloomer
Ursula von der Leyen’s commission has just signalled that it is shifting towards a Trump-influenced deregulatory agenda that prioritises market freedoms over public interest. Through Wednesday's (26 February) 'Omnibus' reforms of recently-agreed legal directives and regulations, the commission is dismantling vital safeguards and in so doing will deepen inequality in Europe and beyond and apply convenient myopia to the accelerating climate crisis. In these new turbulent times, ironies abound.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
newsweek.com | Mary Robinson |Phil Bloomer
CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! One year on from Hamas' atrocious killings and hostage-taking and the start of Israel's heinous war on Gaza, the scale of civilian suffering in the Occupied Palestinian Territories—and now in Lebanon—is intensifying. The onslaught by the Israel Defense Forces shows no sign of slowing, even months after the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) warning of plausible risk of genocide made headline news.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
business-humanrights.org | Phil Bloomer
Major arms manufacturers such as BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar, and Lockheed Martin have achieved record profits and climbing stock prices amid Israel’s war on Gaza. However, these companies alongside global investors, are now the subject of warnings about complicity in crimes against humanity in Gaza. This should perhaps come as little surprise.
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Jan 1, 2024 | 
business-humanrights.org | Phil Bloomer
Human rights in business are central to a better future for our planet.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
newsweek.com | Jonathan A. Tobin |David Faris |Mary Robinson |Phil Bloomer
Jacob Lund/Adobe Stock No one likes to be the bearer of bad news, but business leaders often have to take on that role in difficult times. How a leader chooses to communicate with stakeholders at all levels in these situations has a direct impact on how the organization will move forward. Therefore, it's important that leaders carefully consider their every move as they navigate tough conversations and determine the next steps for the business.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
newsweek.com | Mary Robinson |Phil Bloomer
00:46Chinese Media Issues Warning To Europe, Calls For 'Revolution' By Mary Robinson and Phil Bloomer former president of Ireland; executive director of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Hats off to the European Union (EU). Europe has made a landmark agreement to oblige big business to reduce human rights abuses and environmental harms—or face legal action.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
business-humanrights.org | Phil Bloomer
The scale and scope of civilian killing and injury in Gaza must end. It follows the appalling civilian massacres and hostage-taking by Hamas in Israel on the 7 October and the decades of occupation of Gaza by Israel. The international community has an immense task and responsibility to end this collective punishment and secure the release of hostages. Yet business too has an immediate responsibility to ensure it is not contributing to, or exacerbating the conflict and human suffering on all sides.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
business-humanrights.org | Phil Bloomer
The scale and scope of civilian death and injury in Gaza must end. It follows the appalling civilian massacres and hostage-taking by Hamas in Israel on the 7 October and the decades of occupation of Gaza by Israel. The international community has an immense task and responsibility to end this collective punishment and secure the release of hostages. Yet business too has an immediate responsibility to ensure it is not contributing to, or exacerbating the conflict and human suffering on all sides.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
business-humanrights.org | Phil Bloomer
Last November, ChatGPT was released into our world with less safety regulation than a new model of toaster, and seemingly less concern about the harm it might create. Since then, a raft of generative artificial intelligence (AI) apps has been rushed to market. There is little doubt Generative AI can bring enormous benefits to our societies – ranging from new medicines to scientific research.
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Jun 16, 2023 | 
business-humanrights.org | Phil Bloomer |Marian Ingrams |Katharine Booth |OECD Watch
“If I sound angry, it is because I am angry”. Lara Wolters, the European Parliament’s lead for the European supply chain law, expressed her exasperation last week at both the political cynicism of key parties in Europe, and the apparent control of big business associations over the actions of European member states. Both appear set to scupper one of the Union’s flagship advances to generate shared prosperity and workers’ and community rights.
