Author Archives: Farid Baddache

Macron and the ‘yellow vests’: The real costs of France's energy transition plan

Macron and the ‘yellow vests’: The real costs of France’s energy transition plan

Will France’s grand plan to go green squeeze out the little guy? When President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced his long-awaited energy policy for the decade to come, it was with one eye to the “yellow vests” protest movement. The leaderless anti-fuel tax movement, representing a frustrated white middle class, descended on the capital last […]

Surveying the Human Rights Landscape: The Evolving External Environment

Surveying the Human Rights Landscape: The Evolving External Environment

This is the second of a three-part series featuring our human rights experts’ reflections on the evolving business and human rights landscape in 2017, as well as their perspectives on emerging issues we anticipate in 2018. Margaret Jungk, Managing Director, Human Rights (San Francisco) Climate change, corruption, and tax evasion aren’t usually thought of as human rights […]