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Human rights are one of the core CSR topics that have sparked discussions and activities in countries such as Japan over recent years. Since September 2012, the Nippon CSR Consortium has been working to provide a forum in which to identify and discuss negative human rights...

Caux Round Table Japan (CRT-Japan) and the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) are partnering to help galvanise respect for human rights as part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The two organisations have prepared a Draft Sustainable Sourcing Policy for the Tokyo 2020...

2015 Business and Human Rights Conference in Tokyo was held for 16th and 17th September 2015.

Caux Round Table Japan (CRT-Japan) and the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) are working together to help galvanise respect for human rights as part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The two organisations are preparing a Human Rights Statement for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic...

Members of the Group of Experts for Sustainable Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (the Group of Experts) invited public comments on “Sustainability Themes for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020(draft)” between March 30th and 24th April, 2015....

The Institute of Human Rights and Business spoke to Hiroshi Ishida, the Executive Director of CRT Japan. IHRB’s Lucy Amis spoke to Ishida recently. In the conversation he talks about what motivated CRT’s advocacy, the key human rights concerns ahead of the Tokyo 2020...

【London & Tokyo – 16th April 2015】 CRT Japan as the Sedex Global Representative in Japan is delighted to announce that Japan Airlines Corporation (JAL) joined to Sedex, which follows the Kao corporation’s joining onto Sedex as the first AB member in Japan. Please see the...

The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held from July to September 2020. Building on three concepts “Achieving a Personal Best”, “Unity in Diversity” and “Connecting to Tomorrow(1)” , the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games is advocating th...