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EU Data-Protection Rules Aim for Global Standard-Setting
May 22, 2018
An article by Emily Stewart of Vox examines the global reach of the EU's new data-protection regime, which enters into force this week and whose strict standards purport to control the activities of many major American tech companies that engage in transactions with European users.
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NGO Seeks ABA Support of Corporate Transparency Law
May 21, 2018
Amol Mehra of the nongovernmental organization International Corporate Accountability Roundtable calls on the American Bar Association (ABA) to withdraw its opposition to a bill in the US Congress that would require companies to disclose their ownership to the government to facilitate law-enforcement investigations aimed at enforcing US money-laundering laws.
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UK Presses Companies to Report Gender Pay Gap
May 21, 2018
The Guardian reports that the UK government has threatened action by the Equality and Human Rights Commission for companies that fail to report any sex-based disparities in their pay policies by a recent deadline, as the UK ramps up pressure on companies using corporate reporting mandates to accomplish the social goal of "creating fairer and more equal workplaces."
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GRI Launches Partnership on Minerals Reporting
May 21, 2018
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Responsible Minerals Initiative have launched a project aiming to pressure companies to perform human rights due diligence in their global minerals supply chains and to engage in public reporting on their efforts to rid these supply chains of rights abuses.
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GRI, CSE Partner to Push Companies on Public Reporting
May 21, 2018
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has announced a partnership with the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) to train companies listed on the CSE to engage in public reporting, using GRI "sustainability" standards, on their environmental, social, and governance impacts.
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