Surveillance Capitalism

Total Publishes Global Warming Strategy

August 02, 2016

French oil and gas company Total has published a document on how it will help implement the recent UN climate deal on limiting global greenhouse gas emissions, including by creating a "Strategy & Climate Division" and aggressively ramping up its investment in renewable energy in the next 20 years.
US Seeks Ramped-up Business Humanitarian Funding

July 22, 2016

The White House, with a number of US corporations, has launched a Partnership for Refugees that pushes businesses to increase their financial and other humanitarian assistance to refugees around the world.
NGO "Report Card" Evaluates Tech Companies on Human Rights

July 18, 2016

A group of nongovernmental organizations forming the Global Network Initiative has released a report reviewing the practices of technology companies that have adopted GNI standards for respecting the human rights of users and lamenting the lack of public information on corporate protection of privacy in this industry.
Microsoft Seeks Advice on Rights Promotion

July 15, 2016

Microsoft recently held a European Roundtable on Human Rights at which the technology company invited the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and other participants to provide advice on how it can best promote human rights.
Businesses Sign on to ILO Disability Charter

July 14, 2016

The International Labour Organization has announced that four new companies have signed on to its Global Business and Disability Network Charter, a pledge committing the companies "to promoting and including persons with disabilities" in their global operations, protecting persons with disabilities from discrimination, and expanding accessibility in workplaces.
Oxfam Scrutinizes Unilever Labor Rights Impact

July 14, 2016

Nongovernmental organization Oxfam and consumer goods company Unilever have collaborated on a report in which Oxfam reviews Unilever's impact on labor rights issues in Vietnam and calls for the company to improve its contributions to the business and human rights agenda.
M&S Publishes Human Rights, Supply Chain Reports

June 21, 2016

As human rights campaigners and the UN bring pressure on companies to publicly report their potential human rights impacts, retail company Marks & Spencer has published its first global supply chain map, produced a human rights report as required by the UN Global Compact, and launched a Human Rights Director Steering Group to manage human rights risks.
Paper Examines Effects of China's "Green Finance"

June 16, 2016

Olaf Weber of the Centre for International Governance Innovation examines the effects of China's Green Credit Policy on the implementation of the global social and environmental agendas by banks in the country.
Companies Launch Climate Plans at Global Conference

June 15, 2016

Businesses including tech companies Microsoft and Google recently used the Clean Energy Ministerial global intergovernmental conference in San Francisco, California, to publish their plans to work toward an economic transition to 100% renewable energy to combat climate change.
UN Partners with Bank on Green Bond System

June 13, 2016

Bloomberg reports that the UN is partnering with French bank BNP Paribas to develop a credible market for "green bonds," which fund projects that use renewable energy to counter climate change.