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Technical briefing

Business and Human Rights: An Oxfam perspective on the UN Guiding Principles

13/06/2013

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This briefing outlines the responsibility of businesses to respect human rights under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), also known as the Ruggie Framework. It provides an overview of the UNGPs and gives an Oxfam perspective, including case studies, on key issues for businesses.

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Research report

Exploring the Links Between International Business and Poverty Reduction: Bouquets and beans from Kenya

14/05/2013

2 documents

128 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam believes that companies, with the right policies and practices, can be part of sustainable and inclusive development. However, they can also get it badly wrong and can inflict substantial damage on the environment and on the rights of workers, farmers, and communities. Oxfam has developed tools, including the Poverty Footprint methodology, to assist companies […]

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Research report

Labour Rights in Unilever’s Supply Chain: From compliance to good practice. An Oxfam study of labour issues in Unilever’s Viet Nam operations and supply chain

07/02/2013

1 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

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This new Oxfam report, based on research in Viet Nam, explores the reality on the ground in Unilever’s operations and wider supply chain, and compares the findings with the company’s high-level policy commitments. The company co-operated fully with the study, providing access to its staff, operations, data and suppliers. This enabled Oxfam to assess the […]

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Issue briefing

Better Jobs in Better Supply Chains

22/03/2010

2 documents

20 pages long

Languages: Chinese, English

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This is the fifth in a series of Briefings for Business that Oxfam has published recently, the purpose of which is to offer ideas and insights into topical poverty issues and what they mean for business. Oxfam believes business plays a key role in poverty reduction by creating jobs that enable people to work their […]

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Journal article

Invisible threads

01/10/1994

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Two case studies from Guatemala and Bangladesh illustrate Oxfam’s Fair Trade programme. This seeks to foster relations between Southern producers and Northern consumers, ensuring the former fair livelihoods, and communicating the fair trade message to the latter. Multiple connecting threads lie at the heart of the programme. The vast majority of participants are women, because […]

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Journal article

The role of marketing in income generation: Two case studies

01/11/1991

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

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The author describes two income-generation weaving projects, in Thailand and in Indonesia, both of which have had involvement with Oxfam Trading. She attributes the success of the former to sound marketing, confirming demand for reasonably priced quality products. The Indonesian project has failed primarily due to a lack of investigation of potential commercial markets. This […]

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Business and Human Rights: An Oxfam perspective on the UN Guiding Principles

Exploring the Links Between International Business and Poverty Reduction: Bouquets and beans from Kenya

Labour Rights in Unilever’s Supply Chain: From compliance to good practice. An Oxfam study of labour issues in Unilever’s Viet Nam operations and supply chain

Better Jobs in Better Supply Chains

Invisible threads

The role of marketing in income generation: Two case studies