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Consultancy launches in Singapore to confront ‘defensive’ approach to human rights in Asia
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Migrant farm workers in UK trapped by recruitment debt bondage
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Clear climate targets can help clean up palm oil’s image: Malaysian plantation giant KLK sustainability chief
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The group will soon announce commitments to decarbonise across the entire value chain, and improve its traceability and human rights policies, says Ku Kok Peng, who took up the CSO role in March last year.
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