BHR

IOE Chief Highlights Complexity of Business Supply Chains

February 19, 2016

Secretary-General of the International Organization of Employers ("IOE") Linda Kromjong describes the complications of performing due diligence on often-complex supply chains and calls for support to companies seeking to fulfill supply-chain provisions of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Law Firm Event Seeks Corporate Embrace of BHR Agenda

February 12, 2016

A discussion hosted by Hogan Lovells that included representatives from business, the UN, and the legal practice called on companies to embrace compliance with the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda, particularly in their overseas operations.
Paper Calls for BHR "Due Diligence" Requirements in German Law

February 11, 2016

A study published by policy organization Friedrich Ebert Stiftung calls for Germany to account for the introduction, through the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR"), of due diligence requirements into international human rights law by requiring the reporting of such due diligence by businesses in their cross-border operations.
NGOs Seek BHR Action Plan in Mexico

February 11, 2016

The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable and the Project on Organizing, Development, Education, and Research are cooperating to form a coalition of nongovernmental organizations in Mexico to pressure the government to develop a national action plan on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR").
NGO Pressures Dutch EU Presidency on BHR Agenda

February 10, 2016

The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable has published a letter to the Presidency of the EU Council, currently held by The Netherlands, calling for the development of a regional action plan on the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda, monitoring of the development of national BHR plans, and guidance on the development of remedies for alleged BHR violations.
Unilever CEO Champions BHR Initiatives

February 09, 2016

Paul Polman, CEO of consumer goods company Unilever and Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, writes that companies must implement the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda across their operations in order to advance "sustainability" and economic equality.
NGO Produces Guidance on BHR Risks in Mergers

February 03, 2016

The nongovernmental organization Shift has published guidance from attorney Anna Triponel on how businesses, in-house lawyers, and law firms should address business and human rights ("BHR") risks caused by corporate mergers and acquisitions.
NGO: Corporate Taxation Addresses Gender Disparities

February 03, 2016

Ana Abelenda of the nongovernmental organization Association for Women's Rights in Development argues that corporate avoidance of taxation aggravates violations of the human rights of women and suggests that a "global tax body" and a binding treaty on business and human rights could help women in developing countries "reclaim" their resources.
NGOs Call on UN Working Group to Investigate Fracking

January 27, 2016

Arguing that the practice of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") to produce natural gas places "virtually all human rights at risk," a group of individuals and nongovernmental organizations calls on the UN Working Group on business and human rights issues to guide governments and companies on the practice.
Ireland's BHR Action Plan Falls Short of Activists' Demands

January 27, 2016

Describing key elements of Ireland's draft business and human rights ("BHR") national action plan, Dr. Shane Darcy of the National University of Ireland Galway emphasizes that the plan contains "little discussion of mandatory requirements" and does not include recommendations from BHR activist groups.