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NGOs Blast Report on Corporate BHR Cooperation
October 27, 2016
Signaling the desire by a growing group of activists to replace corporate cooperation on the business and human rights agenda with unilateral regulations and criminal liability, such activists have condemned a report from the British group Charities Aid Foundation on corporation contributions to the human rights agenda by arguing that it "whitewashes" corporate exploitation.
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Study Provides Global Guidelines on BHR "Due Diligence"
October 27, 2016
The law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law have published a study containing research on current corporate practice in assessing human rights impacts and making recommendations on how businesses can properly and legally perform "human rights due diligence."
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GRI Launches Standards for Corporate "Sustainability" Reporting
October 26, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative has released its Sustainability Reporting Standards, a set of global standards that will provide an outlet for corporations responding to pressure from international organizations, governments, and activists to publicly report their social and environmental impacts and contributions to the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.
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UN Agent: "Tax Havens" Hinder UN Agenda
October 26, 2016
UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order Alfred de Zayas has called on UN Secretary-General-designate António Guterres, who will become UN chief in early 2017, to call a world conference on clamping down on "tax havens" to force businesses to contribute to the realization of the UN's social and environmental agenda.
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World Bank Promotes Global Carbon Mechanism
October 26, 2016
The World Bank has published a report asserting that the creation of a global system for the pricing and trading of carbon emissions credits by industries would decrease the cost of meeting national pledges under the UN climate deal set to enter into force in the coming weeks.
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