Stakeholder Capitalism

UN, NGO Partner on Corporate SDG Assessment Platform

February 27, 2019

The UN Global Compact has announced it is working with nongovernmental organization B Lab to build an online platform that presses companies to contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by giving them tools to measure their SDG performance and compare it to that of other companies.
UNGC Supports Report on Business Climate “Opportunities”

February 14, 2019

The UN Global Compact (UNGC) has supported the publication of a report explaining how companies can “turn climate risks into new business opportunities” in six different sectors and contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
UN Initiatives Target Young Professionals on SDGs

February 06, 2019

The UN Global Compact is launching two initiatives using “action learning workshops” to teach young professionals to influence their companies’ business models in a manner that contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and recognizing young entrepreneurs who do so.
US Judge Dismisses Lawsuit on Chocolate Supply Chains

February 06, 2019

Reuters reports that a federal US judge has dismissed two class action lawsuits targeting companies Nestle and Hershey with claims of false advertising over the companies’ failure to disclose on their food and drink labels the use of child and forced labor in their African supply chains.
UN Seeks $2.5 Trillion in Financing for SDGs

February 05, 2019

The UN Global Compact recently issued a statement calling for businesses and governments to work together to close what it estimates is a financing gap of $2.5 trillion per year needed to cover the full cost of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
OECD, G20 Push for Global Rules on Taxing Digital Companies

February 04, 2019

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has announced progress among members of a joint framework of the OECD and the Group of 20 (G20) countries in agreeing a global set of rules on taxing the “digital economy.”
OECD Seeks Global Standards on “Impact Investing”

January 31, 2019

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a report calling for the creation of global standards defining “social impact investment” to help align such financing with “core development, social and environmental areas” that help advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Commission Seeks Treaty to Combat Food Industry Influence

January 30, 2019

A Commission on Obesity formed by medical journal Lancet has called for a global treaty aimed at excluding food and beverage companies from the formation of nutrition policies and seeks the reshaping of the industry to pursue healthy and environmentally friendly objectives in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
UN Plans Promotion of SDG Action in Davos

January 16, 2019

The UN Global Compact illustrates how it, along with private sector, NGO, and international organization partners, will seek to influence discussions on business initiatives aimed at achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a “Sustainable Impact Hub” at the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos.
UN Network Chief Seeks Embedding of SDGs in Business Models

January 16, 2019

The head of the UN’s Global Compact Network in Kenya, Judy Njino, argues that it is in companies’ self-interest to make the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “a defining feature of contemporary business strategy and operations” and urges businesses to work in the interest of everyone impacted by their operations, including “the planet.”