Business & Human Rights

  • GRI, UN Event Presses for Corporate SDG Reporting

    August 09, 2017

    The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the UN Global Compact convened a meeting of global investors in Stockholm to discuss how a "uniform" reporting system by companies on their contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can facilitate better private investment decisions to help fulfill the SDG agenda.

  • ILO Chief Pushes for "Green" Jobs Transition

    August 09, 2017

    At a June conference, Director-General of the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder introduced a report on a "Green Initiative" roadmap on how businesses and governments must produce "decent 'green' jobs" to provide a transition toward a climate-friendly economy in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

  • Paper Seeks Global Working Standards for Fishers

    August 09, 2017

    A paper from Conservation International calls on marine scientists to assist with the development of a global standard setting out requirements for the human right to "decent work" in the fishing industry.

  • UN Praises Deal to End "Unregulated" Fishing

    August 09, 2017

    As the UN continues to shrink the space of unregulated business and other conduct in the international sphere, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has welcomed a new agreement clamping down on "illegal, unreported and unregulated" fishing, in line with fishing targets under the UN Sustainable Development Goals, that will soon have 48 member countries.

  • NGO Pushes Broad Corporate Contributions to SDGs

    August 09, 2017

    An article from the nongovernmental organization Shift illustrates the expectations of activist groups regarding corporate contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), calling on businesses not only to focus on avoiding social and environmental harms but to find ways to "maximize positive outcomes for people and planet" under the SDGs.

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