Surveillance Capitalism

Global Energy Company, UN Partner on Fulfilling SDGs

August 15, 2018

The energy company Repsol has signed a deal with the UN Development Programme providing for a two-year collaboration to help support local communities in fulfilling the comprehensive social and environmental objectives of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Businesses, Governments Endorse Supply Chain Reporting

August 15, 2018

Business representatives and government officials attending the Bali Process Government and Business Forum in Indonesia agreed to promote a set of recommendations labeled “Acknowledge, Act, Advance” pushing for legal requirements on businesses around the world to publicly report on labor conditions in their supply chains.
NGO Group: Reinsurer’s Coal Policy “Lacks Consequence”

August 15, 2018

A global coalition of nongovernmental organizations called Unfriend Coal touts the influence of its pressure campaign on the announcement by Munich Re, the world’s second largest reinsurer, that it will stop insuring new coal-fired power plants and mines in rich countries but claims the move ultimately “lacks consequence” in the fight against climate change.
UNFCCC Pushes Fashion Industry to Adopt Climate Goals

August 08, 2018

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) explains how it is pressuring the global fashion industry to contribute to the fulfillment of the UN’s comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in line with the UN’s Paris climate deal.
English Soccer Club Joins UN “Climate Neutral” Initiative

August 08, 2018

The English soccer club Forest Green Rovers has become the first soccer club to sign up to the UN’s Climate Neutral Now initiative seeking commitments from global businesses and organizations to reduce and offset their greenhouse gas emissions to fulfill the UN’s Paris climate agreement.
UN Agency Seeks to Use AI Initiative to Fulfill SDGs

August 08, 2018

The UN Development Programme has announced that it will join the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (AI), a business and NGO-based initiative that is developing standards for the “safe, ethical, and transparent” development of AI, as the UN agency seeks to “test and scale” the use of AI to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
NGO Criticizes American Tech’s China Engagement

August 08, 2018

Human Rights Watch has called for activist and shareholder pressure on Google and Facebook as the global tech giants develop plans to comply with Chinese demands for networks the government can easily monitor and censor in the country, including Google’s plans to launch a censored version of its search engine as an app on its Android operating system.
NGO: FIFA Must Pressure Qatar on Anti-LGBT Policies

August 08, 2018

Human Rights Watch has called on the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to threaten to pull the 2022 World Cup out of Qatar if the country’s government fails to end censorship of foreign media relating to LGBT rights and repeal its laws criminalizing same-sex relations.
L’Oréal Adopts UN LGBTI Business Standards

August 08, 2018

Cosmetics company L’Oréal has announced its support of the UN LGBTI Standards of Conduct for Business, joining a growing number of large companies that have adopted the global guidelines for businesses on how to avoid discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Lloyds Ceases Funding for New Coal Plants

August 08, 2018

The Economic Times reports that the UK’s Lloyds Banking Group has joined the ranks of Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC, along with other financial institutions responding to pressure from the UN and environmental activist groups, in halting funding for new coal-fired power stations and thermal coal mines to contribute to the fulfillment of the UN’s Paris climate accord.