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Teachers' Fund Invests in Climate-Friendly Index
July 20, 2016
As activists increase pressure on investment funds to reduce their exposure to what they assert are risky carbon-emitting companies in the wake of the recent UN climate deal agreed in Paris, the California State Teachers' Retirement System has announced its decision to invest $2.5 billion of its funds in a "low-carbon index."
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NGOs Pressure Governments on Rights in Procurement
July 20, 2016
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable and other organizations have published a survey of public procurement practices in 20 jurisdictions discussing to what extent governments have effectively implemented the UN's business and human rights agenda in all of their public procurement decisions.
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NGOs Call for Full Participation in Development Projects
July 20, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations has signed a petition calling on international finance institutions to ensure their right to participation in decisions on financing development initiatives and the inclusion of "economic, social and cultural rights in all their activities."
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NGO Urges "Sustainability" in G-20 Development Efforts
July 20, 2016
The Institute for Human Rights and Business has published a report calling on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to align its advice to the G-20 group of countries on funding development projects around the world with the UN's comprehensive, socially and environmentally focused Sustainable Development Goals.
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Harvard Journal Reviews Remedies for "Corporate Atrocities"
July 20, 2016
The Harvard International Law Journal has published a symposium reviewing proposals on worldwide jurisdiction for "corporate atrocity crimes" that includes a broad variety of articles considering how to establish remedies for violations of the global business and human rights agenda.
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