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Asia demonstrates least transparency on AI safeguards for workers: report
Only 7 per cent of more than a thousand firms surveyed in the region are using artificial intelligence with adequate safeguards to help workers adapt to the technology’s impact, according to new analysis by AI Company Data Initiative.
A report on the Southeast Pacific squid fishery – largely operated by Chinese vessels – reveals labour abuses, shark finning and weak oversight on the high seas.
A catastrophic dumpsite collapse buried scavengers collecting recyclables at a landfill in the Philippines’ Rizal province on 20 February, following a similar incident in Cebu in January that killed 36 people.
Food & Agriculture
Migrant fishers’ deaths expose unchecked power at sea: study
A new study finds migrant fishers’ deaths at sea stem from systemic labour and governance failures, not isolated safety lapses.
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Manufacturing
Textile giant Bangladesh pushed to recycle more waste
16 April 2025
Policy & Finance
Invest in capacity building to plug Asia's green jobs gap: experts
9 April 2025
Corporate Responsibility
Gradual salary raise key to achieving living wage in the Philippines: industry experts
25 February 2025
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