Business & Human Rights

OECD Calls for Consequences for Low Tax Transparency

April 26, 2016

A report issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") calls on Group of 20 ("G20") countries to consider developing "defensive measures" against governments that do not implement the OECD's global standards on the exchange of tax information.
OECD Forum Considers Response to Panama Papers

April 22, 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has announced that it held a meeting of its Joint International Tax Shelter Information and Collaboration Network to discuss increased sharing of corporate financial information in response to the "Panama Papers" leak of data on offshore funds.
Oxfam Pushes Food Companies to Reform Supply Chains

April 22, 2016

In its annual update on its Behind the Brands campaign, the nongovernmental organization Oxfam calls on food and beverage businesses to go beyond social and environmental commitments and to use their influence to impose these commitments on suppliers to ensure "a more sustainable food system."
IHRB Guides Kenya on BHR Action Plan

April 22, 2016

The nongovernmental organization Institute for Human Rights and Business ("IHRB") has developed a guide for the Government of Kenya on how best to develop a national action plan implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") in the country.
Oxfam Calls for Global Response to US Corporate Tax Avoidance

April 22, 2016

Pointing to the use by large US corporations of offshore subsidiaries to store their funds, the nongovernmental organization Oxfam has called for governments around the world to collaborate "to end the era of tax havens" to fund the UN's social and environmental rights agenda and has argued for US corporate financial reporting on a country-by-country basis.