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Pension System Pushes Climate Resolution at Mining Company
April 15, 2016
Rob Kozlowski writes that, as part of the wave of activist investors pushing greater corporate transparency on climate change at energy and mining companies, the California Public Employees' Retirement System has introduced a shareholder resolution that would require mining company Rio Tinto to disclose its efforts to counter global warming.
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NGO Proposes Global Tax System to Resolve "Tax Haven" Issue
April 15, 2016
Blaming growing economic inequality and the failure of governments to realize economic and social rights on the availability of so-called "tax havens" where corporations and individuals can store their funds, the nongovernmental organization Center for Economic and Social Rights has called for governments to adopt an "equitable global taxation regime."
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Study Indicates Influence of CEO Activism
April 15, 2016
As international organizations and activists seek support among corporate leaders for their business and human rights and environmental agendas, a new study by two business school professors finds that CEO activism on these and similar issues can have a significant influence on public opinion.
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Academic Institutes Hold BHR Researchers Summit
April 15, 2016
The Institute of Business Ethics at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland, the Business and Human Rights ("BHR") Journal, and the Center for BHR at New York University recently held a BHR Young Researchers Summit in Switzerland to discuss projects to advance research and practical responses in the BHR field.
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Oxfam Criticizes IFC Investments in Corporate Tax Avoiders
April 15, 2016
A press release from the nongovernmental organization Oxfam asserts that a large proportion of investments from the World Bank's International Finance Corporation ("IFC") in sub-Saharan African development go to companies that keep money in "tax havens" and calls for the IFC to only invest money in companies with "responsible corporate tax practices."
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