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Report Highlights Corporate Climate Pledges by Industry
December 30, 2015
Website GreenBiz has produced a "cheat sheet," set out by industry, illustrating pledges that companies, increasingly facing pressure to deal with climate change in their operations and their supply chains, made to reduce their contributions to global warming during the recent talks leading to a global climate pact in Paris.
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Report Pushes Standards on Forced Labor in Supply Chains
December 30, 2015
A report from nongovernmental organizations and an investment firm calls for companies to implement a number of high standards, including reporting requirements and pressure on suppliers, in order to avoid legal risks caused by forced labor and human trafficking in corporate supply chains.
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UN Signs up Companies to Climate Targets
December 30, 2015
The UN Global Compact has announced that 114 companies, including Coca-Cola, Walmart, and Kellogg, have signed on to its Science-Based Targets Initiative, which sets corporate greenhouse-gas emissions targets to limit global warming to a rise of two degrees celsius, and has launched a platform to measure emissions data reported by businesses.
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GRI Furthers US Corporate Reporting Through Roundtables
December 29, 2015
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") is pushing reporting on the implementation of the UN's "sustainability" agenda by US businesses by establishing a "GOLD Roundtables Program" comprised of meetings in Atlanta and San Francisco among business leaders who will learn GRI's reporting techniques.
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Law Organizations Seek out BHR Treaty Options
December 29, 2015
An article from Professors Anita Ramasastry of the University of Washington School of Law and Doug Cassel of Notre Dame Law School, requested by the American Bar Association and the Law Society of England and Wales, considers various options for a global binding treaty on business and human rights ("BHR").
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