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UBS Plans Social, Environmental Risk Assessments
December 14, 2018
Responding to calls from the movement for “socially responsible” investing, financial giant UBS Global Wealth Management has announced it will begin including environmental, social, and governance assessments in its 2019 reports to help clients gauge the exposure of their investments to risks like climate change.
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UN, Banks Publish “Principles for Responsible Banking”
December 13, 2018
The UN Environment Finance Initiative and 28 banks recently launched in Paris a set of Principles for Responsible Banking, a framework under which the banking industry is intended to mainstream the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Paris climate deal in their operations.
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Paper Explores Global Approach to SDG Financing
December 13, 2018
Olaf Weber of the Centre for International Governance Innovation writes that, to provide adequate funding to the fulfillment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the banking industry must integrate the SDGs in the operations of its members, supported by SDG-oriented financial regulation by governments around the globe.
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ILO, EU, OECD Launch Asian Corporate Responsibility Initiative
December 13, 2018
The International Labour Organization (ILO), EU, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have launched a three-year initiative pushing for companies operating or engaging with suppliers in six Asian countries to comply with global social and environmental standards.
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UN Report Seeks Rights-Centered Corporate SDG Strategies
December 13, 2018
The UN Global Compact has published a report explaining how companies around the world must “adopt a principles-based approach that places human rights at the centre of their strategy” to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including through human rights “risk assessments” and supporting rights throughout their supply chains.
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