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Refinery Cuts Ties with Artisanal Mines over Due Diligence Costs
July 10, 2019
Signaling industry blowback to “due diligence” initiatives requiring companies to address human rights impacts in their global supply chains, Swiss gold refinery Metalor Technologies has announced it will cease importing gold from artisanal mines due to the cost of tracking impacts of such mining operations.
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Paper Demands “Gender-Responsive” Implementation of UNGPs
July 10, 2019
The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights has published a paper explains how companies must incorporate “gender-responsive human rights due diligence” processes in their implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).
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ISO Publishes First Standard on Climate Adaptation
July 03, 2019
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published its first global standard guiding companies on how to evaluate the impacts of climate change on their business operations and how to develop adaptation strategies to respond to these impacts.
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Germany Fines Facebook over “Hate Speech” Reporting
July 03, 2019
Politico reports that the German government has fined Facebook €2 million for failing to adequately report the number of complaints the social-media giant received relating to “hate speech” on its platform.
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Standard Setters Publish Shared Principles of Corporate Reporting
July 03, 2019
A group of organizations that provide standards for corporate reporting, including the Global Reporting Initiative, has published a paper stressing the common, “fundamental” principles they believe must undergird all corporate reporting and the need for businesses to demonstrate accountability to a variety of “stakeholders.”
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