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Advocate Blames "Tax Havens" for Human-Rights Violations
January 20, 2016
In a recent essay, Paul Beckett of Quinn Legal seeks to explain how countries and territories with low corporate tax rates, such as the Isle of Man, which he identifies as a "tax haven," contribute to the violation of international human-rights norms around the world, including by impeding international development.
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News, Finance Companies Launch Climate Initiative
January 20, 2016
News company The Guardian and finance company Nordea have announced a new initiative through which they will promote "responsible investments" from banks and financial institutions that comply with and support the UN's environmental agenda.
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Report Criticizes Business Supply-Chain Audits
January 20, 2016
A report from the University of Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute says that business-driven auditing processes that seek to evaluate supply chains for potential violations of the business and human rights agenda are tainted, with one author calling for a more interventionist government approach to holding businesses accountable for alleged abuse.
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NGO Pressures Companies on Supply-Chain Labor Efforts
January 20, 2016
Executive Director of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Phil Bloomer writes that the initiative KnowtheChain is rating corporations on their efforts to investigate and police supply chains to root out employers who use forced labor and is pressuring them to create "grievance mechanisms" to provide remedies to alleged victims of human-rights violations.
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Irish Company Divests from Israeli Cement Firm Amid Pressure
January 20, 2016
Independent.ie reports that, amid pressure and protests from the activist organization Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign at corporate meetings, Irish building materials group CRH has sold its 25-percent stake in an Israeli firm whose cement has been used in the construction of a security wall between Israel and the West Bank.
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