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UNESCO Hosts "School" on Impacts of Plastic
May 22, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced its support of a "summer school" in Germany in July that will seek to further the UN's agenda on eliminating the production of certain types of plastics by bringing together government authorities and others to learn about the effects of plastic litter in marine ecosystems.
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Skeptics Question "Sustainable Finance" Products
May 18, 2017
Reuters reports that, while a report from an alliance of organizations advocating "sustainable investment" indicates a growing movement toward "ethical, sustainable and socially responsible" finance, skeptics of such investment products question whether they actually contribute to the global "sustainability" agenda.
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Microsoft, UN Partner on Rights-Monitoring
May 17, 2017
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and technology giant Microsoft have announced a five-year partnership to use enhanced technology to monitor human rights violations around the world and to promote broader corporate adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
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Utility Company Pursues "Green Bond" Market
May 15, 2017
French utility company Engie has announced its release of a second "green bond," valued at 1.5 billion euros and aimed at investments in renewable energy projects that will help fulfill the UN's climate change and "sustainable development" agendas.
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Academic Calls for Firms' Boycott of Border Wall Construction
May 12, 2017
An article by Darshan Karwat of Arizona State University illustrates the application of the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda to current political controversies in America by calling for engineering firms to refuse to bid on the opportunity to construct a wall between the US and Mexico to uphold their "moral and social responsibility" to the public.
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