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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.
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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.
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Google Announces Achievement of Climate Pledge
January 16, 2017
As part of a nongovernmental organization-led coalition of companies that have responded to environmental activist pressure by committing to ambitious renewable energy goals, technology giant Google has announced that it will fulfill its promise to rely completely on renewable electricity beginning in 2017.
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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.
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Paper Suggests Indicators to Track BHR Impacts
January 13, 2017
A paper by Dylan Tromp, a project manager at the UN's International Labour Organization, suggests a set of indicators for use by governments, businesses, and "other stakeholders" to assess corporate influence on human rights, with the aim of holding specific businesses accountable for their human rights impacts around the world.
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