Business & Human Rights

NGO Targets Investors on Agricultural Supply Risks

August 28, 2017

The nongovernmental organization Ceres has launched an online guide aiming to place pressure on investors to perform "due diligence" in monitoring and addressing the environmental and human rights impacts of their investments on global agricultural supply chains.
Consultant Pushes Broad Child Rights Agenda for Businesses

August 28, 2017

Benjamin Azada of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Philippines-based consulting services, which are working with the UN Children's Fund to enhance business respect of children's rights around the world, sets out a series of 10 broad principles companies must prioritize in enhancing children's rights in their operations, including using safe marketing and respecting environmental rights.
NGO Pushes Guatemala to Implement BHR Agenda

August 25, 2017

The nongovernmental organization the Unit for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders of Guatemala has produced a "national baseline assessment" examining Guatemala's current implementation of the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda with the aim of developing a "national action plan" on fulfilling the UN Guiding Principles on BHR in the country.
OECD Meeting Pushes for "Responsible Business Conduct"

August 25, 2017

In June, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) hosted its 2017 Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct to explore a wide variety of ways, ranging from "due diligence" efforts to business school curricula, in which to push companies to comply with the business and human rights, climate change, and "sustainable development" agendas.
EU Body Calls for Policies for "Sustainable Finance"

August 25, 2017

The EU High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance has released a report calling for the EU to push the bloc's finance industry toward expanding its contribution to the global "sustainable development" agenda and to force finance leaders to consider environmental, social, and governance factors in their long-term strategic thinking.