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Investor Coalition Pushes Corporate Climate Action
January 06, 2016
The Guardian reports that, in line with activist efforts to persuade businesses to move away from carbon-producing activities to counter global warming, insurance firm Aviva and a multinational group of investment funds recently formed a coalition to pressure large companies to phase out all use of fossil fuels in their operations.
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Paper Considers Advancement of BHR Agenda in China
January 06, 2016
A paper by Huang Zhong and Cheng Qian of Wuhan University considers efforts by the Chinese Government and companies to implement the global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda and concludes by calling for Chinese businesses to establish "internal systems" on access to justice to further remedies for alleged violations of BHR principles.
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Japanese NGO Issues Report on BHR Challenges by Sector
January 06, 2016
The Nippon CSR Consortium, a Japanese organization that seeks to promote business and human rights ("BHR") issues, has issued a new version of its report "Human Rights Issues by Sector," which pushes businesses to engage in human rights dialogue and due diligence processes to further the UN's and activists' BHR agenda.
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UK Activists Call on Companies to Report Climate Risks
January 06, 2016
The Independent reports that, in light of the UN agreement on climate change reached in Paris in December 2015, a group of nongovernmental organizations and pension funds in the UK are calling for energy and other companies to do more to disclose to investors the potential risks to their profits and operations caused by government policies countering global warming.
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Businesses Offer Advice on Corporate Global-Warming Policies
January 06, 2016
Aman Singh, a vice president of communications and marketing firm Edelman, highlights how consultancies and similar firms are capitalizing on developments such as the recent UN climate deal by advising companies to implement often-complex and costly changes in their operations to make way for the "inevitability" of global warming and responsive measures.
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