-
UN Seeks Enlistment of In-House Attorneys in BHR Agenda
December 28, 2015
The UN Global Compact, the American Bar Association, and the World Bank recently hosted an event at which they sought to inform corporate general counsel how best to implement the UN's agendas on business and human rights ("BHR") and "sustainable development" at their respective companies.
-
Danish Pension Fund Blacklists Companies over Israel Ties
December 22, 2015
PFA Pension - the largest commercial pension fund in Denmark - has announced that it has added the company HeidelbergCement to its investment "exclusion list," along with other companies operating in territories containing Israeli settlements, due to the company's operation of a quarry in the disputed West Bank.
-
OECD Uses Study to Support Corporate Tax Clampdown
December 22, 2015
The Director of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") Centre for Tax Policy and Administration Pascal Saint-Amans uses a study indicating that corporate tax revenues have fallen since the global financial crisis as a share of gross domestic product to argue for the "urgency" of the OECD's global clampdown on corporate tax avoidance.
-
Activists Push Divestment from Gun Companies
December 22, 2015
Echoing calls from environmental activists for large investment funds to divest from fossil fuel-related companies, journalist Suzanne McGee highlights a new movement, led by the organization Campaign to Unload, that seeks increasingly drastic measures for investors to pursue to ensure that their money is not invested with companies that produce firearms.
-
Philippines Human-Rights Commission Investigates "Carbon Majors"
December 22, 2015
The Philippines Commission on Human Rights has announced that it will cooperate with UN human-rights agencies in investigating a group of multinational energy companies for violating rights through their contributions to the emission of greenhouse gases.
Copyright 2025 Global Governance Watch. All Rights Reserved.
A project of The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies