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Discussion paper

Getting to Good: Towards responsible corporate tax behaviour

17/11/2015

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Tax is an issue of good corporate governance and responsible business practice. This discussion paper, written jointly with ActionAid and Christian Aid, proposes what ‘good’ looks like in responsible corporate tax behaviour, and contains a wide range of positive behaviours and actions companies can undertake to go beyond legal compliance and result in significant gains […]

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Research report

Social Protection, Building Dignity: Improving working conditions of women workers in the berry sector of Morocco

24/07/2015

2 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Results from this report show that increased collaboration and joint initiatives between workers, civil society, producers, European importers and government institutions have enabled change in the lives of thousands of women. This synergy is now ongoing and the collaboration between these stakeholders will continue. Looking forward, there is room for local associations, government agencies, producers […]

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Briefing paper

Community Consent Index 2015: Oil, gas, and mining company public positions on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

23/07/2015

4 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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As large-scale oil, gas, and mining projects move to increasingly remote areas, they threaten to generate adverse impacts for the local communities and indigenous peoples who inhabit these areas. For many project-affected communities, Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) represents a critical tool for ensuring that they have a say in whether and how extractive […]

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Media briefing

Walking the Talk: Food and beverage companies slowly start turning policy into practice in Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign

31/03/2015

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam launched its award-winning international ‘Behind the Brands’ campaign in February 2013. It ranks the biggest international food and beverage companies, the ‘Big 10’, on the strength of their policies on transparency, women, agricultural workers, farmers, land, water and climate change. The aim of the campaign is to create a race to the top, encouraging […]

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Case study

The Indonesian Labour Rights Project

16/01/2015

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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From 1997–2013, Oxfam Australia’s Indonesian Labour Rights Project (ILRP) worked to help achieve ‘sustainable livelihoods for workers’ in factories in Indonesia that form part of global supply chains for major sportswear brands. As a result of sustained campaigns, the world’s largest sportswear brands, such as Nike and Adidas, now take workers’ rights more seriously than […]

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Policy position

Oxfam Novib Strategy Paper on Corporate Accountability

01/12/2014

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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This document sets out the policy framework that will define Oxfam Novib’s future programme of work in corporate accountability and that will guide its social justice agenda in relation to the private sector. Oxfam Novib recognises that the activities of multinational companies can promote economic development and generate wealth and prosperity in a sustainable manner, […]

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Case study

Sunrise Azerbaijan: Case study

15/08/2014

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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How does a fast-moving consumer goods-procurement operation impact the lives and livelihoods of producers? This case study draws lessons from a joint project between Oxfam and Unilever in Azerbaijan to set up a supply chain for onion powder for the leading soups and stocks brand Knorr. It looks at the challenges around implementing the project […]

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Briefing paper

Smallholders at Risk: Monoculture expansion, land, food and livelihoods in Latin America

23/04/2014

6 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Case studies of large-scale agricultural investment in Paraguay, Guatemala and Colombia show how monoculture expansion is displacing communities, undermining smallholder livelihoods and worsening local food security. Even when companies say they operate responsibly, their business model determines who bears the risks, who has access to capital and where market power lies. Responsibility should mean benefits […]

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Evaluation report

Accountability Effectiveness Review South Kivu, DRC

18/12/2013

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

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This study reviews a number of projects in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and assesses the extent to which Oxfam is meeting its Minimum Standards on accountability commitments to partners and to communities. By conducting an analysis of how accountability standards and tools are currently being used it is possible to gain a […]

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Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

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This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

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