Business & Human Rights

  • Business Schools Embrace SDG Education

    August 01, 2017

    At a conference hosted by the UN Global Compact's Principles for Responsible Management Education initiative, representatives from hundreds of business and management-related schools announced that they will incorporate the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into education and research at their institutions.

  • UN Hosts Business Forum to Drive SDG Action

    August 01, 2017

    At an event hosted by UN agencies and the International Chamber of Commerce, representatives from the UN and businesses discussed how the private sector can help implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including through funding efforts and "advancing the green economy."

  • GRI Seeks "Sustainability" Reporting on Supply Chains

    July 31, 2017

    In a recent article, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) explains how corporations should use its "sustainability" reporting framework to increase transparency among activists and others regarding the human rights and environmental impacts of their complex, global supply chains.

  • GRI Launches SDGs Program in South Asia

    July 31, 2017

    The Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) South Asian hub and the Confederation of Indian Industry ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development have launched a two-year program pressuring businesses in the region to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) throughout their supply chains.

  • Reporting Initiatives Collaborate on "Sustainability" Agenda

    July 31, 2017

    Two major organizations that push corporate "sustainability" reporting, the Global Reporting Initiative and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, recently discussed their collaboration on initiatives allowing investors and a wide variety of other "stakeholders" access to information on companies' environmental and human rights impacts.

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