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IADB Mechanism Finds Community Consent Violation
October 25, 2016
An internal complaint mechanism at the Inter-American Development Bank has found that the bank violated its new environmental and sustainability policy by failing to secure the consent of several Mexican communities regarding a wind-power project it planned to fund in the region.
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NGO Seeks Chinese Standards on Business "Sustainability"
October 25, 2016
Cao Jiahan of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies writes that Chinese businesses, particularly in the infrastructure industry, should adopt global standards relating to the UN's social and environmental "sustainability" agenda in their overseas operations to improve their image and combat environmental degradation.
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GRI Seeks Model for Integrated "Sustainability" Reporting
October 24, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative has released a summary of the work done by its Corporate Leadership Group to develop a model companies might use to integrate information on their efforts to implement the global "sustainable development" agenda with their public reporting of other data.
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Legal Observers Call for Lower EU Barriers to BHR Lawsuits
October 24, 2016
A set of proposals from legal academics and practitioners involved in the Human Rights in Business research project calls for legal reforms in the EU and its member states to make it easier for alleged victims of business and human rights violations to sue European companies for their BHR impacts and those of their subsidiaries.
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French Companies Sign Global Disability Charter
October 24, 2016
The UN's International Labour Organization has announced that two major French companies, Engie and Société Générale, have joined its Global Business & Disability Network by pledging to adhere to a set of global principles on equal treatment of and preventing discrimination against persons with disabilities.
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