Business & Human Rights

NGOs Press for Broad EU Law on Conflict Minerals

April 29, 2015

A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs"), criticizing the European Commission's proposal for voluntary conflict minerals reporting as insufficient, are calling for Members of the European Parliament to vote for mandatory corporate reporting on a broad range of minerals used in their operations.
European Countries Adopt Elements of BHR Agenda

April 29, 2015

The Lawyers for Better Business blog catalogs the European countries that are responding to the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda of the UN and global activists by adopting measures requiring company leaders to consider social and environmental impacts in their decision-making processes.
Bank Report Highlights Advance of Divestment Agenda

April 29, 2015

A report from the bank HSBC considering fossil fuels as risky, "stranded assets" that may lose their value as the UN's climate agenda moves forward demonstrates how climate activists' fossil fuel divestment agenda is pressuring the decisions of banks and financial companies around the world.
NGO Spotlights Company Records on Fossil Fuel Finance

April 29, 2015

The nongovernmental organization Asset Owners Disclosure Project has identified and ranked finance companies around the world in light of what the Project views as their records on responding to climate change.
BSR Outlines Strategy to Push Businesses on Climate Change

April 29, 2015

The nongovernmental organization Business for Social Responsibility ("BSR") has released a report describing its strategy to push companies in its network and beyond to advance the UN's agenda on responding to climate change.