Business & Human Rights

UK Official Criticizes "Modern Slavery" Reporting Efforts

May 25, 2017

In a recent letter to business leaders, the UK's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Kevin Hyland OBE, who is charged with monitoring corporate implementation of the country's Modern Slavery Act, said he is "disappointed" with the level of compliance by businesses with the law's requirements to report on efforts to eradicate forced labor around the world.
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.
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."
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.
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.