ESG

NGO Pushes for Climate Disclosure by Food Companies

September 16, 2015

Frances Way of environmental data-collecting organization CDP has called for food, beverage, and tobacco corporations to publicly disclose how much their operations and the operations of producers in their supply chains add to worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and thus contribute to warming the planet.
GRI Program Trains Businesses on Reporting

September 16, 2015

The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") describes how it pushes companies to begin reporting on their implementation of international activists' "sustainability" agenda through its "Business Transparency Program."
GRI Places Pressure on Companies over Development Goals

September 16, 2015

The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has called on businesses to use its reporting mechanisms in order to advance the implementation of the UN's recently proposed Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), set to be adopted in September, and has announced that it will track corporate progress on achieving the SDGs.
NGO Praises "Sustainability" Focus of Asian Stock Exchanges

September 15, 2015

Teresa Fogelberg of the Global Reporting Initiative applauds Asian stock exchanges for issuing guidance that pressures companies involved in these exchanges to report on their implementation of the global environmental and social agenda.
Disclosure Rules Present Problems for Business

September 09, 2015

The New York Times reports that US rules requiring corporate disclosure of the use of "conflict minerals" from war-torn areas of Africa increasingly force businesses to navigate complex supply chains and seek help from lawyers, consultants, and others who can guide them through the disclosure process.
Nestlé Announces "Sustainable" Chocolate Bar Production

September 09, 2015

As the UN and activists push an environmental and social agenda among companies around the world, food corporation Nestlé has announced that it will produce its chocolate candy bar KitKat using "sustainably sourced cocoa."
Businesses Face Litigation over Disclosure Rules

September 02, 2015

Highlighting a lawsuit accusing Costco of violating the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act by selling prawns from Southeast Asia that were allegedly farmed using forced labor, attorneys from Squire Patton Boggs warn that businesses are increasingly at risk of litigation under multiplying corporate disclosure legislation and international standards.
Academic Seeks Corporate Reporting to Aid BHR Lawsuits

September 02, 2015

Dr. Anil Yilmaz Vastardis of the University of Essex in the UK writes on a recent US case that demonstrates how public corporate reporting on business and human rights ("BHR") issues will force companies to provide information that may be helpful to the lawsuits of alleged victims of BHR violations.
GRI Presses Business Leaders on Sustainability Reporting

September 02, 2015

An invitation from the Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") to business leaders to join its "Corporate Leadership Groups" demonstrates how the organization is seeking members of the business community who will promote its message on how a corporate disclosure regime can promote a global "sustainable economy."
GRI, Australia Partner on Corporate Disclosure in Asia

September 02, 2015

The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has announced a new program on which it is partnering with the Government of Australia in which it will push companies to pursue GRI standards in reporting on their implementation of the UN sustainability agenda in the region of Southeast Asia.