Business & Human Rights

GRI Links Reporting Standards to UN's BHR Agenda

December 14, 2015

The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has published a document seeking to demonstrate how companies can comply with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") by following GRI "G4" standards on public reporting of human rights and other information.
Ban Highlights UN Climate Pressure on Businesses

December 09, 2015

In remarks at a forum hosted by UN Global Compact, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted numerous initiatives through which the UN is placing "soft" pressure on businesses to implement and publicly support the international organization's agenda on climate change.
Article Seeks G20 Push for Climate Regulation in Finance

December 09, 2015

An article published by the Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") argues that the G20 group of countries should press members to adopt regulations that manage the risks of global warming to the financial sector.
UN Pushes Businesses to Adopt BHR Policies

December 09, 2015

The UN Global Compact has published the second edition of its business guide on "How to Develop a Human Rights Policy," in which it asserts that such a policy is "a company's public expression of its commitment to meet its responsibility to respect" the UN- and activist-promoted global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.
Advocates Press for "Action Plans" to Further BHR Agenda

December 09, 2015

Representatives from the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable have published an article calling for further development of "national action plans" ("NAPs") to advance the global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda and for a review mechanism to hold governments to account in implementing their NAPs.