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Article Indicates Difficulty of Conflict Minerals Compliance

July 09, 2015

Journalist Hailey Lynne McKeefry writes that technology companies, which are investigating their African supply chains to fulfill their legal responsibilities to report on their use of "conflict minerals" under the US Dodd-Frank Act, are finding it more difficult to comply with the regulation than expected.
GRI Pushes Sustainability Reporting Through Stock Exchanges

July 08, 2015

The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") recently partnered with the BSE (formerly the Bombay Stock Exchange) to host an event for business leaders in Mumbai calling for stock exchanges to promote the reporting of nonfinancial environmental and social information by businesses.
Dutch Bank Joins BHR Reporting Framework

July 07, 2015

The UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework, an initiative of nongovernmental organization Shift and consultancy Mazars that pushes companies to report on their implementation of the UN business and human rights ("BHR") agenda, has announced that Dutch bank ABN AMRO is the first bank to join the framework.
CIGI Seeks Standardized Financial Risk Disclosure on Climate

June 10, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published a report calling for the standardization of a financial disclosure regime under which companies would be required to disclose investment risks caused by global warming.
Norway Pursues UN Coal Divestment Campaign

June 10, 2015

The Guardian reports that the Norwegian Parliament has endorsed legislation that seeks to implement the UN's and activists' fossil fuel divestment agenda by removing investments from coal projects around the world, affecting at least 122 companies.
US Oil and Gas Companies Steer Clear of Climate Coalition

June 10, 2015

US oil and gas companies Chevron and Exxon have announced that they will not join a coalition of their counterparts in Europe calling for a tax on carbon emissions because they wish to maintain control of their message in UN negotiations on climate change.
GRI Prioritizes Global Sustainability Agenda

June 10, 2015

The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has announced that it will center its strategy on working with national governments and corporations to push reporting by businesses on their implementation of the international sustainability agenda.
GRI Predicts Real-time Corporate Sustainability Reporting

June 03, 2015

The Global Reporting Initiative, which produces international standards for public corporate reporting, has called on businesses to be prepared in the coming decade for increased pressure to provide real-time, digital reporting on their efforts to implement global sustainability standards.
UN Calls on Countries to Adopt "Climate Finance" Agenda

June 02, 2015

A new report from the UN Environment Programme pressures countries to adopt broad financial policies that divert investments from fossil fuel projects and resources and require public reporting by companies on climate issues in order to combat global warming.
NGO Reviews Push for "Responsible" Corporate Tax Practice

May 22, 2015

The nongovernmental organization ActionAid has published a report reviewing proposals for "tax responsibility" of corporations that will serve as the basis for a discussion paper pressing companies not to engage in tax avoidance and to fully report their tax practices to the public.