Business & Human Rights

UN Network Creates "Due Diligence" Platform

December 06, 2016

The UN Global Compact Network Germany, with support from the German government, has launched an "info portal" to walk companies through the development of "due diligence processes" aimed to help them implement the global business and human rights agenda in their operations.
Business Groups Call for Adoption of BHR Action Plans

December 06, 2016

Demonstrating the impact of UN and nongovernmental organization pressure on businesses to accept and implement the business and human rights (BHR) agenda, a set of business associations has released a statement calling for countries to establish BHR national action plans and to foster transnational cooperation on BHR policies and enforcement.
ICAO Emissions Deal Faces Skepticism

December 06, 2016

Zhang Chun writes that the International Civil Aviation Organization's agreement on a Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation is facing opposition from some officials and nongovernmental organizations for failing to sufficiently account for the impact of rising passenger demand in the aviation sector on global warming.
NGO Criticizes Business Involvement in Fishing Governance

December 05, 2016

The Transnational Institute has published a paper calling for international organizations engaged in the global governance of fishing practices to avoid an approach based on property rights in favor of a "Human Rights Based Approach" that prioritizes small-scale fishers, and decrying the involvement of corporate stakeholders in these fishing governance processes.
EU Agrees Regulation on Conflict Minerals Checks

December 05, 2016

EU institutions have agreed to a draft regulation requiring "all but the smallest" European importers of "conflict minerals" from war-torn areas of Africa to perform "due diligence" checks on the source of these minerals and "encouraging" large companies to publicly report on their mineral sourcing practices.