Articles on Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

Interview Supply chain governance. Bildausschnitt von einer Person, die eine bunte Matte aus Pflanzenfasern knüpft.

Supply chain governance: Arguments for worker-driven enforcement

16.11.2022 Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility Interview, Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

Interview with Marlese von Broembsen, head of legal affairs at the international organization WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing)
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The Changing World – Due Diligence Laws as the Opportunity?

Hybridveranstaltung, Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

Hybrid International Conference, October 18, 2022, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm with Hubertus Heil, Lara Wolters, Dr. Bärbel Kofler and others. Register here.
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Inflation, pandemic, climate change: the urgent need for progressive taxation

09.09.2022 Livestream-Veranstaltung

States have a choice: they can opt for austerity programs or they can decide to put in place taxes on those who have taken advantage of the crisis to enrich themselves.
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Fenster einer Schweizer Bankfiliale der Credit Suisse sind geschlossen.

Too big to fail: Still a problem – A look at development finance

20.07.2022 Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

Too Big To Fail-financial firms play a crucial role in the chronic net outflow of financial resources from the global south to the global north. Shows a new study by Finance Watch and FES.
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Publikation: Chinas Rolle im multilateralen Handelssystem. Im HIntergrund ein Foto einer Metropole im Abendlicht.

China’s Role in the Multilateral Trade System

12.07.2022 International Community and Civil Society, Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

A recent analysis conducted by the FES explains what is driving Beijing’s foreign trade policy and reflects on how Europe should respond.
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Publikation: China und die globale Finanzarchitektur

China and the global financial architecture

25.05.2022 Publikation, Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

China is a critical component of the global financial architecture as both a member of the international institutions and as an institution-builder. Our latest report addresses the question of where to find areas of common interest in which to work...
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Abstraktes Aquarell-Bild mit einer Frau, die eine Waage und ein Schwert in den Händen hält und eine Augenbinde trägt. Im Hintergrund sind Waagen und Paragraphen-Zeichen.

Global Tax System Reform – will it help to address the Plight of African Women?

26.04.2022 Gender Weltweit, Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

Chenai Mukumba (Tax Justice Network Africa) is sceptical that this will succeed. She explains why in a new FES W7 blog post.
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Eine Frau arbeitet in einer Keramikfabrik und trägt eine Schürze sowie eine Schutzmaske. Sie taucht einen Teller in eine Flüssigkeit, während sie gleichzeitig weitere Teller auf ein Fließband legt. Im Hintergrund befinden sich Regale mit Keramikgeschirr und andere Arbeiterinnen.

Protecting Women in Global Supply Chains? Gender-just Legislation is the Only Way!

08.04.2022 Gender Weltweit, Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

Multinational companies have so far failed to adequately protect women’s rights and promote gender justice. A new FES W7 blog post by Franziska Korn und Karolin Seitz.
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Ilustration von einer Frau mit Blumen im Haar, die den Planeten Erde umarmt.

Engendering the Economy: What’s Gender Got to Do With It?

31.03.2022 Gender Weltweit, Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

Prospects for an economic order that put women and girls in the spotlight. An FES W7 blog post by Marianna Leite, lawyer, researcher and activist from Brazil.
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Eine Vietnamesin sitzt in einem kahlen Raum auf einer erhöhten Matte und hält ein Handy in der Hand.

To really leave no one behind

08.12.2021 News, Arbeit, Migration policy

Hanoi's migrant manual workers keep the city running, but their already precarious work and living conditions have worsened during the pandemic.
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