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Countries Seek to Curb Business Input on Climate Action
May 24, 2017
The Guardian reports that developing countries are seeking to use a commitment from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to "openness, transparency and inclusiveness" in upcoming negotiations on the future shape of the 2015 UN Paris climate deal to curb input on the talks from companies that rely on fossil fuels.
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NGO: IMF, World Bank Must Confront Tax, Climate Threats
May 24, 2017
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to focus on efforts, in the face of "nationalist" movements across the globe, to reduce corporate tax avoidance and combat climate change to ensure that the world is not "hopelessly skewed in favor of a small handful of wealthy elites."
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FIFA Joins Human Rights "Steering Committee"
May 24, 2017
The Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) has announced that the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has joined the Steering Committee of the IHRB's Mega-Sporting Events Platform for Human Rights, a consultative body intended to pressure sports bodies and companies to implement the business and human rights agenda.
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UNICEF Issues Global Standards on Security, Child Rights
May 24, 2017
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and a group of governments and other stakeholders have produced a "checklist" of global standards for companies to use, in line with the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, to ensure the protection of child rights in security arrangements related to their operations.
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UN Pushes Latin American Food Companies on Nutrition
May 23, 2017
Identifying the "double burden" of obesity and undernutrition as an obstacle to the achievement of the comprehensive UN Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America, a report from two UN agencies calls for food companies in that region to "play a positive and responsible role" in making healthy food and educating consumers on nutrition.
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