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China Tightens Rules on Impact Assessments
April 08, 2016
As the UN and activists ramp up pressure on governments and businesses to perform comprehensive environmental and human rights impact assessments before undertaking projects, China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has announced more stringent guidelines on enforcing environmental impact assessment requirements.
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NGO Rates Tech Companies on Supply-Chain Efforts
April 08, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Know the Chain has selected 20 information and communications technology companies to rate based on their performance in taking action against forced labor in their supply chains.
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UN Seeks to Link Resource "Exploitation," Violent Conflicts
April 08, 2016
The Washington Post reports that an upcoming meeting of the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, will seek to underscore links the UN has worked to draw as part of its environmental agenda between corporate "exploitation" of natural resources and violent conflict.
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Paper Calls for Indian BHR Framework
April 08, 2016
The Ethical Trading Initiative has published a paper calling on India to follow the lead of other countries that have developed national action plans on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") by developing its own "national framework" to hold companies accountable for violations of the global BHR agenda.
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BHR Analysts Seek Corporate "Peace-building" in Conflict Zones
April 08, 2016
Annie Kelly writes that, in addition to robust supply-chain protections of "economic, social, environmental and cultural rights," business and human rights ("BHR") activists and observers are seeking corporate contributions to "peace-building" when they operate in areas of armed conflict.
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