Eco-Business

Countries like Indonesia have already agreed to amend local labour laws as part of an earlier trade deal with the United States. Experts say businesses should monitor proceedings and defend best practices for worker rights.

A new study finds migrant fishers’ deaths at sea stem from systemic labour and governance failures, not isolated safety lapses.

As protestors scramble to prevent rollbacks to environmental and labour protections, a leading politician defends the changes.

Indians take risky routes to Italy in search of work but many end up exploited on back-breaking farms.

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Oleh Vincent Tan

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Workers’ suffering is an integral part of the fisheries system, say four experts. Oleh Abdirahim Sheik Heile, Daniel Salas, Matthew A Schnurr dan Kate Swanson

Sustained pressure, from governments to seafood shopping consumers, could help end the suffering of migrant workers in offshore illegal fisheries. Oleh Brock Bergseth

An updated law prohibiting forced labour is limited to formal employment relationships. Workers in sectors that are unregulated are not sufficiently protected, nor does the law reach workers who have free movement, but suffer mistreatment. Oleh Priya Sharma

When forced labour practices are part of supply chains, it is reasonable to ascertain that environmental degradation may be present too. Oleh Anna Moore

Oleh Aruna Kashyap

Oleh Zafirah Zein

Oleh Danielle Nierenberg

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migrant fishermen fishing southeast asia

On International Human Rights Day, Greenpeace releases shocking testimonies from Southeast Asian migrants working on board foreign fishing vessels, plying the remote waters to meet Asia's surging demand for seafood.

Yolk Station, a South Korean solar energy company, has installed a renewable energy solution in a remote Kenyan town that can also tackle the problem of child labour.