Business & Human Rights

NGO Pushes for "Green" Chinese Infrastructure Initiative

January 17, 2017

Friends of the Earth United States has published a report calling for fellow nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to consult on the Chinese government's Belt and Road Initiative, an infrastructure investment project that will seek to connect regions of Asia and Central and Eastern Europe, to ensure the initiative complies with global social and environmental norms.
OECD Prepares Guidance on BHR Due Diligence

January 17, 2017

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released draft guidance for public comment seeking to "provide practical support to enterprises" on how to implement due diligence processes in fulfilling the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR).
WEF Handbook Pushes Investments in Renewables

January 16, 2017

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a Renewable Infrastructure Investment Handbook explaining to global investors that renewable energy costs have reached a "tipping point," making such energy sources a "compelling investment opportunity" that will help countries meet their promises under the UN climate deal agreed in Paris in 2015.
Paper Explores Global Governance of Internet Companies

January 16, 2017

A paper published by the Centre for International Governance Innovation discusses the creation of new international institutions to regulate the transnational human rights impacts of internet companies and considers how human rights ranking systems open such businesses to global scrutiny.
UNICEF Commissions Report on Advertising to Children

January 13, 2017

The UN Children's Fund has commissioned a report by law firm DLA Piper examining the regulatory framework on corporate advertising and marketing to children around the world to pave the way for creating global "best practice" guidance to businesses on advertising and children's rights.