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New report: Companies need to address caste-based discrimination in their supply chains
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New report: Companies need to address caste-based discrimination in their supply chains

New report: Companies need to address caste-based discrimination in their supply chains

Our new report examines the employment and working conditions in Rajasthan's sandstone and marble Industries from a caste perspective. Business activities around the world can…
21 November 2024
Supporting granite workers in Andhra Pradesh, India – ‘It is a slow process, but step by step we are achieving change’ 
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Supporting granite workers in Andhra Pradesh, India – ‘It is a slow process, but step by step we are achieving change’ 

Supporting granite workers in Andhra Pradesh, India – ‘It is a slow process, but step by step we are achieving change’ 

These are the words of Kishore, coordinator of the Paradigm Shift project team working in the Ballikurava region of Andhra Pradesh, India. Together with…
8 October 2024
The results of the Factory Support Programme
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The results of the Factory Support Programme

The results of the Factory Support Programme

About the Factory Support Programme Arisa and its partners’ Factory Support Programme took place in India between September 2020 and March 2024. Programme implementation…
18 September 2024
Interview – Arisa partner Paradigm Shift on the Factory Support Programme
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Interview – Arisa partner Paradigm Shift on the Factory Support Programme

Interview – Arisa partner Paradigm Shift on the Factory Support Programme

The Factory Support Programme resumed in 2023 with Paradigm Shift as Arisa’s implementing partner in Tamil Nadu and the National Capital Region, India. The programme…
14 May 2024
Resuming the Factory Support Programme
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Resuming the Factory Support Programme

Resuming the Factory Support Programme

After a one-year gap, the Factory Support Programme resumed in 2023 with Paradigm Shift as Arisa’s implementing partner in Tamil Nadu and the National…
15 March 2024
TruStone – The natural stone supply chain is improving, but there is still much work to be done 
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TruStone – The natural stone supply chain is improving, but there is still much work to be done 

TruStone – The natural stone supply chain is improving, but there is still much work to be done 

Violations of human and labour rights and environmental damage are commonplace in natural stone quarries around the world. In the TruStone initiative, companies work…
11 January 2024
Interview – Venkat Reddy (National Convenor at MV Foundation, India) on the Area Based Approach to eradicate child labour and the essential role of Community Mobilisers 
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Interview – Venkat Reddy (National Convenor at MV Foundation, India) on the Area Based Approach to eradicate child labour and the essential role of Community Mobilisers 

Interview – Venkat Reddy (National Convenor at MV Foundation, India) on the Area Based Approach to eradicate child labour and the essential role of Community Mobilisers 

Venkat Reddy has been working for several decades to achieve the total elimination of child labour in communities and to promote the right of…
26 September 2023
BASF, Syngenta, and Arisa mark phase one completion of multistakeholder collaboration to improve labor standards in India’s vegetable seed sector
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BASF, Syngenta, and Arisa mark phase one completion of multistakeholder collaboration to improve labor standards in India’s vegetable seed sector

BASF, Syngenta, and Arisa mark phase one completion of multistakeholder collaboration to improve labor standards in India’s vegetable seed sector

Four-year collaboration enters phase two, ready to implement real action to address child labor and minimum wage compliance issues. The Netherlands / United States…
28 June 2023
Another delay for responsible supply chain legislation
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Another delay for responsible supply chain legislation

Another delay for responsible supply chain legislation

In the Netherlands, a legal requirement for companies to identify and address abuses in their supply chains has been a topic of discussion for…
10 October 2023
Winners and losers of the EU-India free trade agreement
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Winners and losers of the EU-India free trade agreement

Winners and losers of the EU-India free trade agreement

Will India's fishing industry soon disappear? And how will smallholder farmers fare? Will patients worldwide have to pay much more for their -now inexpensive-…
8 May 2023
Human rights a requirement when we talk business
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Human rights a requirement when we talk business

Human rights a requirement when we talk business

Last November, India became one of the first countries to undergo its fourth cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle at the United Nations Human…
21 December 2022
Supply chain transparency: not an end goal but a means against labour rights violations 
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Supply chain transparency: not an end goal but a means against labour rights violations 

Supply chain transparency: not an end goal but a means against labour rights violations 

For more than 20 years, Arisa has been advocating for supply chain transparency. In all our reports reporting labour rights violations in the garment,…
21 December 2022

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