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Too many Asian firms approach human rights as a compliance exercise, exposing vulnerable groups to abuse, says Fair Future SG founder Natasha Latiff.

The founder of the world’s biggest EV cell maker added that supply shortages in critical metals can be eased if the world is open to its recycling technology, even as the West attempts to break China’s dominance in the sector.

After paying illegal recruitment fees in their home countries migrant farm workers in Britain become trapped in debt bondage.

Ku Kok Peng, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd, Malaysia

Exclusive 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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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. By Priya Sharma

Import bans bring social issues to the fore forcing agribusiness to assess their obligations to their workforces. Are such regulatory bans the best way to address the social issues prevalent in the industry? By Khor Yu Leng, Segi Enam, Nadirah Sharif, Segi Enam, Siti Bazilah, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

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