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US Congress Votes for Disclosure Rule Repeal
February 08, 2017
The Hill reports that the US Senate has joined the House of Representatives in voting to repeal a rule issued by the Obama Administration under the Dodd-Frank financial services legislation requiring companies in the extractives industry to publicly disclose their payments to foreign governments.
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UNFCCC Promotes Unified Climate, SDG Agenda
February 03, 2017
An interview with Grant Kirkman of the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) highlights how the UNFCCC's promotion of "green finance" combines its agendas on climate change and "sustainable development" into a single, comprehensive effort.
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UN Group Seeks Universal BHR Recognition
February 03, 2017
In a recent interview, Dante Pesce, a member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (BHR), highlighted the Working Group's prioritization of comprehensive recognition of BHR principles throughout business supply chains and its push for investor pressure on companies to promote the BHR agenda.
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IACHR Ruling Spurs Calls for Land Redistribution
February 03, 2017
A group of campaigners has called on the Brazilian government to use a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), which stated that Brazil must pay compensation to agricultural workers held on a ranch against their will, to speed up redistribution of land to poor farmers across the country.
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NGOs Promote US Pressure on Extractives
February 03, 2017
A letter from a coalition of nongovernmental organizations called Publish What You Pay to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations calls for pressure on the US State Department to continue policies on public reporting by extractive companies regarding the finances of their foreign operations.
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