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MEPs Adopt Resolution on BHR Labeling, Liability
October 27, 2016
Members of the European Parliament have adopted a resolution calling on EU institutions to require companies to place "abuse-free" labels on their products, pushing EU member states to include rules on business and human rights liability in their trade agreements, and seeking greater efforts to provide BHR remedies throughout the bloc.
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AI Rates Tech Companies on Privacy
October 27, 2016
CBS News reports that Amnesty International has rated the privacy of technology companies' communication services, including the encryption of pictures and messages and corporate policies on sharing data with law enforcement authorities, as AI stresses the importance of private online communication as part of the global human rights agenda.
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NGOs Blast Report on Corporate BHR Cooperation
October 27, 2016
Signaling the desire by a growing group of activists to replace corporate cooperation on the business and human rights agenda with unilateral regulations and criminal liability, such activists have condemned a report from the British group Charities Aid Foundation on corporation contributions to the human rights agenda by arguing that it "whitewashes" corporate exploitation.
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Study Provides Global Guidelines on BHR "Due Diligence"
October 27, 2016
The law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law have published a study containing research on current corporate practice in assessing human rights impacts and making recommendations on how businesses can properly and legally perform "human rights due diligence."
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GRI Launches Standards for Corporate "Sustainability" Reporting
October 26, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative has released its Sustainability Reporting Standards, a set of global standards that will provide an outlet for corporations responding to pressure from international organizations, governments, and activists to publicly report their social and environmental impacts and contributions to the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.
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