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Shipping Representative Calls for Global Emissions Standard
August 03, 2016
Director of Policy at the UK Chamber of Shipping, David Balston, has called upon the International Maritime Organization to set global standards regulating the greenhouse gas emissions of the shipping industry in order to drive businesses toward fulfilling the UN climate deal agreed in Paris last year.
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AI Seeks Stronger World Bank Rights Safeguards
August 03, 2016
An Amnesty International press release criticizes the World Bank's newly proposed environmental and social safeguard policy for not including binding language on respecting human rights and for not going far enough in protecting what it identifies as the human rights of indigenous communities in its funding of businesses and development projects.
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CIGI Article Reviews National Sustainability Reporting
August 03, 2016
An article from the Centre for International Governance Innovation reviews national differences in corporate reporting requirements on "sustainability" and the risks of climate change for the use of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures as it develops a global "sustainability reporting" standard.
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Article Seeks Climate Policy Pressure on Small Businesses
August 03, 2016
Sarah Burch, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, writes that the Canadian government should focus on the resources of small businesses throughout the country to meet its pledges under the UN climate deal agreed in Paris last year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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UN Global Compact Launches Philippines Network
August 03, 2016
The UN Global Compact's launch of a local network in the Philippines and support for the publication of the "Philippines Vision 2040," which sets out how the country plans to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals, underscores the focus of the global organization on pressuring local businesses and officials to help fulfill the UN's sustainability agenda.
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