{"id":23112,"date":"2020-12-03T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=23112"},"modified":"2021-01-15T14:54:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:54:31","slug":"the-clean-network-on-human-rights-and-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/the-clean-network-on-human-rights-and-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clean Network on Human Rights and Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 30px;\">The Clean Network\u00a0on Human Rights and Environment<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><em>A three\u00a0article\u00a0series containing seven parts\u00a0on The Clean Network<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/how-the-clean-network-alliance-of-democracies-turned-the-tide-on-huawei-in-5g\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt; <strong>The Clean Network on Human Rights and Environment<\/strong> &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/the-clean-networks-momentum-and-secret-sauce\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Next<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em>by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/author\/michaelmink\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Mink<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\">Part IV<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\">The Clean Network on Human Rights and Clean Labor Practices<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Leadership by example is a key tenet for Krach especially for modeling the way for the Clean Network\u2019s Trust Principles with respect to human rights and the environment. This is particularly true when it comes to the CCP\u2019S surveillance practices and egregious human rights abuses against the people of Xingjian and Hong Kong as well as their environmental abuses.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Department official tells US companies to &#8216;be aware&#8217; of Chinese brands using slave labor<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b><i>Keith Krach previously sent a letter warning businesses about &#8220;some of the most serious acts involving mass human rights abuses since the Second World War.&#8221;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=6169331178001&amp;w=700&amp;h=390\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keith Krach, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, joins \u2018CAVUTO Live.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krach&#8217;s letter came amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and China, which has provoked the world&#8217;s ire in its attempts to suppress pro-democracy protests in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/hong-kong\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Under Beijing\u2019s direction, local authorities have moved swiftly to implement the law\u2019s sweeping conditions, with police arresting about 370 people Wednesday, including 10 on suspicion of directly violating the law, as thousands took to the streets in protest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under Secretary of State Keith Krach warned on the Fourth of July about the potential for international commerce to support brands benefiting from slave labor in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/china\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/cavuto-live\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Cavuto Live&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that he wanted business leaders to be aware of the various Chinese brands that engage in those activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Being a former CEO for 30 years, I wanted to send that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/Letter+from+Under+Secretary+of+State+Keith+Krach+to+Business+Leaders+on+Xinjiang+Supply+Chain+Business+Advisory\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">letter out to all CEOs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the United States to go with the business advisory that Secretary of State issued a few days ago and really, to have companies be aware. They all want to do the right thing.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We always say, \u2018Corporate responsibility is social responsibility\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We\u2019ve identified 83 brands &#8212; they\u2019re literally using slave labor, and what we\u2019re asking them to do is do a thorough analysis of their supply chain as well as their governance principles and established principles along those lines, and also to be able to disclose it and use their leverage and do something about it,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this week, he sent a letter to business leaders, alerting them to China&#8217;s detention of ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and Uyghurs. &#8220;The People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) government is perpetrating in Xinjiang some of the most serious acts involving mass human rights abuses since the Second World War,&#8221; he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/Letter+from+Under+Secretary+of+State+Keith+Krach+to+Business+Leaders+on+Xinjiang+Supply+Chain+Business+Advisory\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(As the former chairman of Purdue University, he later sent a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/letter-from-under-secretary-keith-krach-to-the-governing-boards-of-american-universities\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">letter to all the governing boards of American universities<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> asking them to ensure Clean Labor practices in their supply chains and divest from any Chinese companies involved in human rights violations.<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also authored an op-ed titled <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/international\/507856-us-businesses-must-take-a-stand-against-chinas-human-rights-abuses\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUS businesses must take a stand against China&#8217;s human rights abuses.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-23117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/human_rights-500x281.png\" alt=\"Human Rights Graphic\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/human_rights-500x281.png 500w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/human_rights-230x130.png 230w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/human_rights-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/human_rights-696x391.png 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/human_rights-747x420.png 747w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/human_rights.png 783w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>He added that &#8220;the aim of the internment has been to force members of these minority groups to renounce their ethnic identity and religion, and to embrace the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party. There are many other egregious human rights abuses also reported to be occurring in Xinjiang, including torture, forced sterilization and sexual abuse.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krach&#8217;s letter came amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and China, which has provoked the world&#8217;s ire in its attempts to suppress pro-democracy protests in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/hong-kong\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Under Beijing\u2019s direction, local authorities have moved swiftly to implement the law\u2019s sweeping conditions, with police arresting about 370 people Wednesday, including 10 on suspicion of directly violating the law, as thousands took to the streets in protest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krach said on the Fourth that China had &#8220;totally eviscerated&#8221; Hong Kong residents&#8217; freedoms. &#8220;They\u2019ve really stepped up their aggressive tactics since the pandemic,&#8221; he said, referring to China&#8217;s communist party. He added that &#8220;the pandemic is a result of the concealment of the virus &#8230; in Hong Kong, they&#8217;ve extended their Gestapo-like security forces and have totally eviscerated their freedoms.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\">Part V<\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 25px;\">Clean Network on\u00a0Clean Environment<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krach\u2019s purview as Under Secretary extends to the environment, and he aims to harness the power of the Clean Network to help conserve the natural ecosystems that provide resources such as food, water, fuel, medicine and the air we breathe. It is clear that he has been champion of safeguarding the environment long before he ran economic diplomacy for the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senator Todd Young, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat Keith has chosen to do with his success <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Jp5XUV-eeko\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">demonstrates his character<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and devotion to causes that will leave this planet better for future generations. As Salman Kahn noted, \u2018Mr. Krach has empowered people to accomplish more than they had ever imagined, resulting in a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/keithkrach.com\/2016-best-places-to-work-interview-with-maria-bartiromo-fox-news\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">profound impact on GDP per capita, international trade, and the sustainability of our planet.<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 Take DocuSign as an example. Not only has it been a successful company, it was named one of <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/keithkrach.com\/2016-best-places-to-work-interview-with-maria-bartiromo-fox-news\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glassdoor\u2019s best places to work<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And DocuSign\u2019s disruptive technology has saved more than <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/docusigns-profound-impact-planet-make-our-great-proud-keith-krach\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 billion pieces of paper<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 608,000 barrels of oil.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23118\" style=\"width: 1479px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/DocuSigns-Impact-on-the-Planet.png\" alt=\"DocuSign's Impact on the Planet\" width=\"1479\" height=\"1039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/DocuSigns-Impact-on-the-Planet.png 1479w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/DocuSigns-Impact-on-the-Planet-185x130.png 185w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/DocuSigns-Impact-on-the-Planet-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/DocuSigns-Impact-on-the-Planet-413x290.png 413w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/DocuSigns-Impact-on-the-Planet-100x70.png 100w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/DocuSigns-Impact-on-the-Planet-696x489.png 696w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/DocuSigns-Impact-on-the-Planet-1068x750.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/DocuSigns-Impact-on-the-Planet-598x420.png 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1479px) 100vw, 1479px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DocuSign&#8217;s Impact on the Planet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krach envisions the Clean Network playing an even larger role in this area\u2014such as tackling public sector corruption in facilitating illegal activities; improving capacity to investigate and prosecute illicit financial flows and money laundering; and addressing the environmental degradation that results from poaching, illegal encroachment into protected areas, resource degradation, and poor governance.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23119\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-23119 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Our-Ocean-419x290.png\" alt=\"Our Ocean 2019 Sustainable Fisheries Panel. U.S. Under Secretary Keith Krach speaking in panel on sustainable fisheries at the Our Ocean Conference, Oslo, Norway, October 2019\" width=\"419\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Our-Ocean-419x290.png 419w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Our-Ocean-188x130.png 188w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Our-Ocean-100x70.png 100w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Our-Ocean-218x150.png 218w, https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/Our-Ocean.png 607w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Ocean 2019 Sustainable Fisheries Panel. U.S. Under Secretary Keith Krach speaking in panel on sustainable fisheries at the Our Ocean Conference, Oslo, Norway, October 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year at the Oceans Conference in Norway, Krach encouraged nations to join the U.S. in its efforts to protect the oceans, announcing the U.S.\u2019 largest commitment ever with a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/no.usembassy.gov\/u-s-commitments-announced-at-our-ocean-2019-conference\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1.2 billion investment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for sustainable fisheries, fighting marine debris and IUU fishing. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krach led the U.S. government delegation which included senior officials from five federal the U.S. Agencies. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/no.usembassy.gov\/us-delegation-to-our-ocean-2019\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His goal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was to promote a sustainable blue economy by fostering collaboration among government, business, and other partners to tackle marine debris and IUU fishing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><br \/>\nThis is a three\u00a0article\u00a0series containing seven parts\u00a0on The Clean Network<br \/>\n<\/i><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/how-the-clean-network-alliance-of-democracies-turned-the-tide-on-huawei-in-5g\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Previous<\/strong><\/a><i> &lt;&lt; <\/i><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Clean Network on Human Rights and Environment<\/strong><i> &gt;&gt; <\/i><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/the-clean-networks-momentum-and-secret-sauce\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Next<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Clean Network\u00a0on Human Rights and Environment A three\u00a0article\u00a0series containing seven parts\u00a0on The Clean Network Previous &lt;&lt; The Clean Network on Human Rights and Environment &gt;&gt; Next by\u00a0Michael Mink Part IV The Clean Network on Human Rights and Clean Labor Practices Leadership by example is a key tenet for Krach especially for modeling the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":23119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46,36],"tags":[145,9063,9062,9043,5308,144,9052,260,5295,885,891,886,860,422,9061],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23112"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23219,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23112\/revisions\/23219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}