Business & Human Rights

ISO Pushes Small Businesses on "Environmental Management"

August 14, 2017

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a handbook guiding small and medium-sized businesses how to establish a proper "environmental management system" to improve their performance on the global environmental agenda.
NGOs Press Development Bank to Assess BHR Impacts

August 14, 2017

A group of nongovernmental organizations has published a letter to the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) calling on the institution to use a conference on investing in Central America to spotlight business and human rights (BHR) impacts of the IADB's support of projects in the region, ranging from labor rights to environmental protection.
NGOs Urge Japan to Publish BHR Action Plan

August 14, 2017

A group of nongovernmental organizations has published an open letter to Japanese authorities calling on them to take "immediate steps" to publish a "national action plan" on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) and the Sustainable Development Goals that reflects global guidance issued by the UN Working Group on BHR issues.
Oxfam Presses AIIB on "Clean" Energy

August 14, 2017

An Oxfam press release on its monitoring of negotiations between the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and South Korean officials on energy development funding shows the pressure nongovernmental organizations plan to place on the AIIB to ensure that its infrastructure investments comply with the UN's Paris climate deal and "sustainable development" agenda.
CoE Holds Seminar on Business and Human Rights

August 14, 2017

The Council of Europe (CoE) has continued its push for its member countries to implement global standards on holding businesses responsible for alleged human rights violations across the globe, convening "international partners, national governments, experts, academics and civil society representatives" for a high-level seminar on "human rights and business" in June.