Stakeholder Capitalism

OECD, UN Project Expands Corporate Tax Revenue

December 08, 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) outlines how its Tax Inspectors Without Borders project, produced jointly with the UN Development Programme, sends tax experts to developing countries to ensure that multinational corporations are paying their "fair share of tax."
UN Network Creates "Due Diligence" Platform

December 06, 2016

The UN Global Compact Network Germany, with support from the German government, has launched an "info portal" to walk companies through the development of "due diligence processes" aimed to help them implement the global business and human rights agenda in their operations.
UN Presses Businesses on Fulfilling Climate Deal

December 01, 2016

Executive Director of the UN Global Compact (UNGC) Lise Klingo has published an article on how UNGC is pushing businesses, through such activities as its "Pathways to Low-Carbon Development" program persuading companies to help meet national climate pledges under the UN's Paris climate deal, to fulfill the UN's goals on global warming.
NGOs Criticize Canadian OECD Contact Point

November 16, 2016

A group of nongovernmental organizations has criticized Canada's OECD National Contact Point for ineffectiveness in handling complaints against energy and mining companies and has called for the development of an office that can impose mandatory penalties on businesses for violations of global human rights and environmental standards.
Governments Bend to OECD Tax Standards

November 16, 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has announced that, at its recent Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, it completed its first round of reviews of countries' compliance with global standards on tax information exchange and received government commitments to address deviations from these guidelines.
Dutch NCP Finds Business Failings in Rana Plaza

November 16, 2016

The Dutch OECD National Contact Point has concluded that menswear company owner PWT Group failed to adhere to global due diligence standards in investigating the working conditions of its supplier, whose employees died in the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh in 2013.
UN Seeks Business SDG Action in Regional Forums

November 08, 2016

A recent meeting of representatives from businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and governments held by the UN Global Compact in Dubai demonstrates the international network's regional approach to pressuring businesses to help fulfill the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030.
OECD, NGOs Push "Sustainability" Standards in India

October 31, 2016

Vaidehi Shah describes the efforts of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the nongovernmental organization Centre for Responsible Business to persuade Indian businesses to bind themselves to global standards on advancing the UN's business and human rights and "sustainability" agenda.
UN Webinar Calls for BHR Training

October 19, 2016

Supported by the nongovernmental organization Business for Social Responsibility, the UN Global Compact has released a webinar to assist companies in the design of employee training sessions on how to comply with the global business and human rights agenda.
Island States Warn of Impacts from Global Tax Policy

October 14, 2016

Leaders from a group of Caribbean and other island countries warned at the recent meeting of the UN General Assembly that their finance-focused economic models are under threat from the withdrawal of banking business under the global agenda of identifying and penalizing finance companies that deal in so-called "tax havens."