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Investment Companies Seek Reporting of Sugar Risks
September 16, 2016
Rathbone Greenbank Investments and asset manager Schroders have announced their cooperation on a project aiming to place more investor pressure on UK food and beverage companies to publicly disclose and consider the health impacts of the use of sugar in their products.
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Academic Pushes BHR "Engagement" by Manufacturers
September 16, 2016
Shareen Hertel of the University of Connecticut writes that companies operating abroad in the light manufacturing sector, including clothing production, should implement the "economic rights" element of the global business and human rights agenda through "stakeholder engagement" in affected communities.
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Academics Release Guide to Foreign Lawsuits in EU
September 15, 2016
A group of academics has published a handbook for nongovernmental organizations and human rights lawyers describing how they can sue European businesses in courts within the EU for human rights violations they have allegedly committed in foreign jurisdictions.
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Gap Discloses Supplier List
September 15, 2016
Human Rights Watch reports that Gap, Inc., and other clothing companies, despite concerns about impacts on the competitiveness of their brands, have responded to pressure from nongovernmental organizations by disclosing the list of the factories around the world that supply their garments.
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OECD Official Seeks Construction Industry Pledges
September 15, 2016
An article from Roel Nieuwenkamp, Chair of the OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct, describes past work among OECD national contact points to hold construction companies to account for alleged human rights violations and calls on governments to pressure such companies to participate in "global corporate responsibility efforts."
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