Stakeholder Capitalism

UNGC Initiative Targets Companies on SDGs

July 11, 2016

At its 2016 Leaders Summit, the UN Global Compact launched an initiative to pressure companies around the world to offer their support to achieving the implementation of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030.
US NCP Monitors Hotel Mediation Agreement

July 11, 2016

The US National Contact Point under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises has announced its monitoring of a mediation agreement between Starwood Hotels & Resorts and a federation of trade unions complaining about the right to collective bargaining at hotels in Maldives and Ethiopia.
UNGC Outlines Work Toward "Sustainability"

June 29, 2016

The UN Global Compact has published a report on how it will leverage its work toward the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other global business standards to promote the achievement of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030.
UN Network Launches BHR Guidance in Accounting

June 20, 2016

Two accountant trade organizations and the UN's Global Compact Network UK have released guidance for accountants on how to embed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in their investment management and other work for companies.
New UN Platform Pressures Companies on Sustainability

June 10, 2016

A new initiative created by the UN Global Compact and UK corporation Volans called the Breakthrough Innovation Platform will pressure companies to develop new business models, including through the use of "big data," to help implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030.
MEPs Seek Strict Business Taxation Rules

June 02, 2016

Members of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee have voted to approve new rules that would require compliance with OECD rules on the taxation of multinational corporate profits and would impose stricter limits on tax exemptions for revenues companies move into the EU.
Canada, China, and India Sign OECD Tax Agreement

May 20, 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has announced that six new countries, including Canada, China, and India, have joined 33 others in signing an international agreement that promotes the automatic sharing of multinational corporations' tax information among jurisdictions around the world.
NGO Calls for States to Tighten Compliance with OECD Rules

May 19, 2016

Marking the upcoming 40th anniversary of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the nongovernmental organization OECD Watch has called for governments to strengthen their national contact points, which seek to resolve complaints against businesses under the Guidelines, by sanctioning companies that refuse to participate.
UN Initiative Pushes Companies on Emissions Targets

May 11, 2016

The UN Global Compact has announced that over 150 companies around the world have signed on to its Science Based Targets Initiative and thus have subjected themselves to review of their targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by UN and NGO representatives.
British PM Seeks Global Anti-Corruption Agency

May 06, 2016

The Guardian reports that, at a summit on countering corruption hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron, the UK Government will push for the establishment of a global anti-corruption agency that would exchange information to help law enforcement authorities detect and prevent corruption and tax evasion.