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NGO Report Seeks Corporate Action on SDGs
October 14, 2015
Signifying pressure on businesses to support the global "sustainability" agenda, a report from the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at Harvard and the nongovernmental organization Business Fights Poverty examines how companies should contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs").
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Paper Considers "Regulatory Ecosystem" to Advance BHR
October 09, 2015
In a recent paper, Dr. Jolyon Ford of the Australian National University considers how a "regulatory ecosystem" of voluntary and mandatory measures might advance the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda over the next ten years to the extent that it will become grounded in public law and international human rights law.
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Businesses Respond to Activist Pressure on Climate Policy
October 09, 2015
The New York Times reports that pressure from environmental activists is having an effect on business and investment policies, as several major companies announce that they will sign pledges to reduce the effects of their operations on climate change and large investment managers have promised to remove the money they control from fossil fuel companies.
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UN Launches Guidelines for Businesses on Implementing SDGs
October 09, 2015
The UN Global Compact, with help from the Global Reporting Initiative and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, has developed the "SDG Compass," a set of guidelines on how corporations should contribute to the UN's recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") in their operations.
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Academic Proposes "ISDS Carve-out" in Climate Agreement
October 08, 2015
A recent report from Professor Gus Van Harten of Osgoode Hall Law School proposes that a UN deal on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to be agreed in late 2015 include a measure that would limit the ability of corporations, through Investor-State Dispute Settlement ("ISDS") mechanisms in trade agreements, to challenge government action on climate change.
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