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NGO Pushes for Western Courts to Pursue Alleged Shell Abuses
July 30, 2018
Charity Ryerson of the Corporate Accountability Lab reviews the history of litigation and other attempts to hold Dutch energy company Shell responsible for alleged environmental and human rights abuses in the Niger Delta and blames “individualistic” Western legal systems for failing to redress such abuses by companies in Africa.
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GRI: Governments Must Monitor Business SDG Contributions
July 30, 2018
An article from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) examines national reports on progress toward achieving the comprehensive UN social and environmental targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and encourages governments to pay special attention to the contributions of businesses to the SDGs.
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Google Partners with UN on Monitoring SDG Progress
July 30, 2018
NDTV reports that tech giant Google has agreed with the UN Environmental Programme to develop a platform enabling the public, through satellite and other technology, to track government and industry progress toward achieving environmental targets under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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NGOs Seek EU Labor, Forest Due Diligence Legislation
July 30, 2018
Reuters reports that, at a recent European Parliament hearing, policymakers and nongovernmental organizations called for the establishment of an EU framework forcing companies to perform due diligence to ensure their supply chains are not tainted by child labor and deforestation.
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UN Agency Seeks Broad State Efforts to Protect Forests
July 30, 2018
A recent report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization calls on national governments to adopt a comprehensive approach to restrain industries from engaging in deforestation and to maintain “healthy and productive forests” as part of global efforts to fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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