Business & Human Rights

YouTube Bans Promotion of Firearm Sales

May 08, 2018

The New York Times reports that, after the recent mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, online video platform YouTube announced it would remove videos promoting the construction or sale of firearms and their accessories.
MEPs, NGOs Push for BHR Focus in Sustainable Finance

May 08, 2018

A letter from Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and nongovernmental organizations calls for the inclusion in an EU technical "sustainable finance" group stakeholders who can guide the group on how to fulfill the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) while encouraging environmentally friendly investment.
NGO Seeks Broad Application of Binding BHR Treaty

May 07, 2018

The German Institute for Human Rights has issued a position paper calling for the adoption of a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) issues that applies to all corporations, requires corporate "due diligence" to review and redress BHR impacts, and provides for the involvement by national human rights institutions in overseeing compliance with the treaty.
NGO Calls for "Fair" Global Digital Tax

May 07, 2018

The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has issued a press release characterizing the European Commission's digital tax proposal, aiming to ensure internet companies pay a minimum amount of tax in countries where they have customers, as a first step toward a fairer goal of establishing a global tax level for the tech industry.
Transnational Institutions Launch Green Investment Call

May 07, 2018

Representatives from a broad group of transnational organizations, including the UN, the World Bank Group, and the European Commission, recently issued an Invest4Cities Call pushing investors around the world to shift their financing to low-carbon projects in an attempt to fulfill the UN's climate agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).