Business & Human Rights

UN Seeks Stock Exchange Support of ESG Agenda

October 30, 2015

In an effort supported by the UN Global Compact, investors and companies have sent letters to 64 stock exchanges calling on them to seek reporting from businesses in their market on efforts to implement the UN's environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") agenda, in order to permit investors, and the UN, to evaluate their progress on these factors.
NGO Calls for UK Legal Tools for Overseas BHR Violations

October 29, 2015

The CORE Coalition has published a report calling for the UK to develop enhanced legal tools with which it can threaten to prosecute criminally UK corporations that allegedly commit overseas violations of the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda and that would ease the burdens overseas plaintiffs face in bringing lawsuits against such corporations in Britain.
OAS Considers Implementation of BHR Agenda

October 29, 2015

Executive Director of the Due Process of Law Foundation Katya Salazar discusses a special session held by the Permanent Council of the Organization of the American States ("OAS") on the global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda and calls for the OAS to focus more attention on implementing the agenda, especially in the extractive industry.
Companies Agree to Disclosure on "Water Risks"

October 29, 2015

Responding to pressure from activist investors seeking to implement the sustainability agenda in operations of businesses around the world, a group of food and beverage companies have agreed to publicly disclose how they are managing and mitigating risks posed by the use of water in their operations and in their supply chains.
NGOs Call for Pressure on Corporate Tax Policies in Americas

October 28, 2015

A group of nongovernmental organizations have published a report calling for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to place pressure on countries in the Americas to fulfill the global economic, social, and cultural human rights agenda by targeting companies with higher taxes and redistributing the income generated in these countries.