Business & Human Rights

IEA Calls for Use of Global Energy Efficiency Standards

November 16, 2016

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published an interview with Brian Motherway, head of energy efficiency at the International Energy Agency, praising the use of global standards in regulating how businesses and investors reduce energy consumption in their operations.
Google Implements ISO "Sustainability" Standards

November 16, 2016

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published an article from a Google "sustainability" officer describing how the internet giant has used global environmental and social standards to reduce its environmental impacts and has received a certificate of recognition for implementing ISO guidelines on "energy management."
Dutch NCP Finds Business Failings in Rana Plaza

November 16, 2016

The Dutch OECD National Contact Point has concluded that menswear company owner PWT Group failed to adhere to global due diligence standards in investigating the working conditions of its supplier, whose employees died in the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh in 2013.
IHRB Calls for BHR Due Diligence in Data Use

November 11, 2016

The Institute for Human Rights and Business has published a report calling on businesses using consumer data to market their products and services to perform due diligence under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to ensure that the source of the data did not violate anyone's human rights in obtaining it.
NGO Calls for Reporting on IFC Development Projects

November 11, 2016

In line with efforts to impose public reporting requirements on companies under the global business and human rights agenda, the nongovernmental organization Inclusive Development International is releasing a series of papers calling for bolstered reporting requirements for development projects funded by the World Bank's International Finance Corporation.