ESG

New California Law Promotes Race-based Corporate Board Quotas

October 05, 2020

USA Today reports that California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring publicly-traded corporations headquartered in California to appoint directors from underrepresented communities to their boards.
Morrison: Competition Needed in ESG Consultancy Market

September 07, 2020

Writing in National Review Online, Richard Morrison explains why, as consulting firms engaged in advising for-profit companies about how to comply with environmental, social and governance ("ESG") standards do so from a progressive perspective, there is a need to encourage more free-market conservative ESG consultants to develop competing standards and enter the field.
Doshi: Pollution and Human Rights Abuses from Mining for Minerals Used in EV Batteries Undermines Carbon Emissions Savings

August 10, 2020

Writing in Forbes, Tilak Doshi argues that environmental activists pushing for reductions in carbon emissions from internal combustible engines ignore the tremendous pollution and human rights abuses arising from the mining of minerals used in the production of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles, especially in Africa, China, and Latin America.
House Republicans Seek Information about Foreign Funding of U.S. Universities

August 05, 2020

After an Education Department investigation that "uncovered over $6.5 billion of previously unreported foreign donations," Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, James Comer of Kentucky, and Virginia Foxx of North Carolina — the ranking members on the Judiciary, Oversight, and Education committees, respectively — requested Harvard University, Yale University, the University of Chicago, the University of Delaware, New York University, and the University of Pennsylvania provide answers about all of their gifts from and contacts with the governments of or businesses and nationals from China, Russia, Qatar, Iran, and Saudi Arabia by next Monday.
WaPo: Twitter Combats Chinese Propaganda Operations

June 14, 2020

In an attempt to combat false narratives from the Communist Party of China on Twitter, the social media company deleted nearly 170,000 accounts related to Chinese propaganda operations.
Google Sued Over Data Collection from Users in Incognito Mode

June 07, 2020

Google, which has recently been faced with legal challenges around the world over its intrusive data collection practices, is being hit with a class action lawsuit in the U.S. claiming that its tracking of users in private modes violates user privacy.
Carnegie Paper Promotes Contested Approach to Cybersecurity Norm Generation

March 02, 2020

A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace research paper presents the case that a fragmented, contested and organic development of cybersecurity norms is the better path forward than a top-down, centralized normative approach.
Kurtz: American Business Must Rethink Its Relation to Politics

February 26, 2020

Writing in National Review, Stanley Kurtz explains how corporate America's willingness to embrace progressive socialist economic, cultural, and educational policies has alienated both free-market conservatives and the those seeking even more radical anti-capitalist inputs and outcomes.
Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration Expand Scope of Business Arbitration

February 25, 2020

The recently released Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration have been published to assist and encourage the widening of the ambit of arbitration beyond commercial disputes to those concerning the effect of commercial activities on human rights.
GRI to Add Examples of Corporate SDG Reporting Practices

February 25, 2020

In 2020, the Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") plans to add Examples of Corporate SDG Reporting Practices to its portfolio of available best practices for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.