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Microsoft Seeks Government, Business Action on Facial Recognition
January 04, 2019
President of Microsoft Brad Smith writes that governments must impose regulations on the development of facial-recognition technology, warning that the technology could “exacerbate societal issues,” and announces that his company is launching a framework of principles on facial recognition that could be applied across the tech industry.
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GRI Pushes for BHR-Focused Corporate Reporting
January 03, 2019
In a recent press release, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) described its ongoing efforts, including at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights (BHR) in Geneva, to promote “sustainability” reporting as a tool to encourage corporate compliance with global BHR principles and establishment of BHR “due diligence” processes.
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Chinese, EU Institutions Seek Standardized “Green Finance”
January 03, 2019
During the recent UN climate summit in Poland, the China Society for Finance and Banking and the European Investment Bank published a new edition of a report calling for the development in China and the EU of mutually recognized standards for “green” financial instruments aimed at promoting investments in climate-friendly projects.
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UNGA Chief Prioritizes Anti-Plastics Action
January 03, 2019
In December, UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Maria Fernanda Espinosa launched a Campaign Against Plastic Pollution pushing countries to begin phasing out the production of “single-use plastics” including water bottles as a “priority” during her one-year term.
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UN Agency Calls for “Transformation” of World Food System
January 03, 2019
In December, Director-General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization José Graziano da Silva called for the “international community” to prompt a “transformative change in our food systems” to ensure proper nutrition around the world and a reduction in obesity.
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