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Taiwan Business Forum for Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence

萬眾矚目的「台灣企業全球論壇:人權和環境盡職調查」於4月9日台北舉行,歡迎參加

14 March 2024. WBI 將於4月9日台北舉辦「台灣企業全球論壇:人權和環境盡職調查」,是台灣首次以人權和環境盡責調查為主軸的商業論壇,期能鼓勵台灣企業履行尊重人權和環境的責任,帶動蓬勃且持久的社會對話和改革。 論壇將聚焦三個主題,分別是: 落實企業尊重人權之責任:台灣現況與挑戰 台灣移工責任招聘與追求永續發展 永續行動:台灣企業因應氣候變遷之策略 講者陣容精彩,跨足本土和國際、智庫和實務,包含: 天下雜誌 CommonWealth Magazine Hewlett Packard Enterprise Caux Round Table Japan 宜家家居 IKEA Embode 國際通商法律事務所 Baker McKenzie 歐洲在臺商務協會 European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan 零廢時裝 Story Wear 台泥集團 紅葉谷綠能溫泉園區 Taiwan Cement’s Vakangan Green Energy Hot Spring Park 台灣尼阿斯 NIRAS Taiwan 共同主辦單位 Institute of Business and Human Rights …

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Taiwan Business Forum for Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence

Taiwan Business Forum for Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence on 9 April 2024 in Taipei

14 March 2024. WBI announces and opens for registration the Taiwan Business Forum for Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence, taking place on 9 April 2024 in Taipei. The project, co-organised with the Institute of Business and Human Rights, represents the first international business forum dedicated to the issue of human rights and environmental due …

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First Food With Friends for 2024 features Talk on Bone Health

26 January 2024. For our first Food with Friends instalment of 2024, we welcomed our migrant guests in a brand-new location, Landport’s Community Centre. Dr Mark Edwards from Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust joined us for an insightful talk on Bone Health and Osteoporosis before our signature cooked lunch.  Food with Friends is a hybrid event-series funded …

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Special Collaboration with Aspex Portsmouth for an Art Edition of Food with Friends

8 December 2023. December’s Food with Friends delivered something different and special at Portsmouth’s leading contemporary art gallery. Our last Food with Friends edition of 2023 was a thank you to all our wonderful volunteers and interpreters and a reminder for all of us to look after our own wellbeing. Our December’s theme for Food …

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WBI hosts our first Employment Support Conference for Migrant Jobseekers 

24 November 2023. To help migrant jobseekers make their next career steps, we hosted our first Employment Support Conference attended by 7 community and employment organisations. We combined the Employment Conference with our signature monthly Food With Friends event supported by the National Lottery Community Fund.  The conference featured speakers and stalls from City of …

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WBI speaks on University of Indonesia’s panel on protection of Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan

22 September 2023. WBI’s Executive Director Dr Bonny Ling spoke on the panel “Outlining Indonesian Migrant Workers’ Protection Under Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy” webinar organised by Universitas Indonesia in collaboration with Taiwan’s Ministry of Education and Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Indonesia. Her talk focused on “Embedding of Legal Protections for Migrant Workers in …

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WBI Food with Friends Hosts a British Picnic with a Talk on Liver Health

30 August 2023. For the August edition of Food with Friends, we welcomed back our international friends inside a grade 2 listed building in Old Portsmouth to experience a British picnic with an ethnic twist. Guests enjoyed an array of  sweet and savoury treats, after a talk on liver health wonderfully delivered by Dr Kate Owen-Glynn …

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Dr Bonny Ling speaks to the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan on the “Recruitment of Migrant Workers”

25 August 2023. WBI’s Director Bonny Ling was invited by the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan (ECCT) to speak on the topic of responsible migrant recruitment, Taiwan and the opportunity for labour reforms.  The talk follows an ECCT event from 2018 on the “Ethical recruitment of migrant workers: Challenges in securing sustainable labour supply chains …

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WBI Hosts Vision Board Workshop with Artist Michelle Ezeuko for Migrant Job Seekers

26 June 2023. WBI invited local artist Michelle Ezeuko (former Artist-in-Residence at Aspex Gallery) to facilitate a Vision Board Workshop for our current Employment Support for Migrants cohort. The Workshop was organized to creatively empower our participants to visualize their future and map out their next career steps.  Planning the future can be a daunting …

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