No more exploitation
FOCUS, Association for Sustainable Development ·Slovenia
About this project
<table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 933px" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #000000; vertical-align: top; width: 466px"> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Child labour has increased by 14% globally in the last decade. Palm oil production accounts for 1.4% of greenhouse gas emissions and palm oil is found in half of the products in EU shops. Between 40 and 60 million people work in the textile industry in often undignified conditions. All this despite voluntary commitments by companies. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Much of the human rights violations, negative environmental impacts and climate change impacts occur in the global supply chains of products we use every day in the EU and therefore also in Slovenia. We need to tackle the problem at the individual, societal and political level, as well as by regulating companies. Decision-makers and companies need to take a more active role in engaging with individuals and communities. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Legislation is being adopted at EU level to regulate the situation in supply chains for companies operating in the EU (the 'Corporate sustainability due diligence directive' - hereafter referred to as the Directive). The current proposal is not sufficient to address the improvement of the problems mentioned above, it is not in line with UN documents and it is not even in line with the very purpose of the legislation - accountability and reparations. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Slovenia is one of the countries with the least capacity to transpose and monitor legislation at national level. Also in Slovenia not all companies have sustainable practices, some operate globally. We need a strengthened civil society watchdog function, and we will build the capacity of civil society and business to work together to advocate for stronger legislation and ambitious solutions to decision-makers. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Our goal is to:</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Deliver better legislation</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Contribute to fairer supply chains - solving victims' problems</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Actively involve Slovenian stakeholders in the legislative process</span></span></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
Project partners
- Institute for Fair Trade, 3MUHE Project partner· Slovenia
- Centre for the excellence in businnes, Economic faculty, Universitiy of Ljubljana Project partner· Slovenia