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US Companies Form “Sustainable” Food Group
August 03, 2018
A group of US-based food companies has created an advocacy group called the Sustainable Food Policy Alliance that will seek to advance the UN “sustainable development” agenda by promoting global social and environmental goals among US policymakers and in their own supply chains.
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World Bank Prices $5 Billion “Sustainability” Bond
August 03, 2018
The World Bank has priced its first “sustainable development” bond for fiscal year 2019, valuing at $5 billion a three-year investment instrument aimed at funding the fulfillment of the UN’s comprehensive social and environmental agenda.
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US Resists IP Flexibilities Statement in Tuberculosis Declaration
August 03, 2018
Intellectual Property Watch reports that, due to opposition from the US delegation, a recently finalized UN Political Declaration on the Fight Against Tuberculosis contains no operative statement encouraging countries to exercise WTO-recognized IP flexibilities in licensing the manufacture of low-cost drugs to combat the disease.
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Aramark Responds to NGO Pressure on Plastic Supplies
August 03, 2018
Environmental activist organization Greenpeace has applauded food service company Aramark for plans to phase out various single-use plastic items from its worldwide operations, calling on other food service companies to use Aramark as an example and take “immediate” action on plastics use.
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Paper Calls for G20 Framework on AI, Employment Rights
August 03, 2018
The Centre for International Governance Innovation has published a paper calling for the Group of 20 countries (G20) to adopt an accountability framework to ensure continued respect for privacy and security of employees as companies introduce artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the workplace.
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