Business & Human Rights

Activists Push for Health Industry Divestment from Fossil Fuels

February 11, 2015

A report produced by climate activist groups calls for companies in the health industry to end their financial association, on moral grounds, with businesses that engage in the use of fossil fuels.
OECD Seeks Development Finance Through Tax Governance

February 11, 2015

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") will present to the G20 group of countries a project seeking a clampdown on multinational corporation tax avoidance in order to fund the UN's post-2015 "Sustainable Development Goals" framework.
NGOs Call on EU to Open Door to Foreign Lawsuits

February 11, 2015

A group of nongovernmental organizations has called on the EU to expand access to would-be foreign plaintiffs in European courts for alleged business violations of their rights and to impose mandatory due diligence requirements on European companies regarding their human-rights impacts.
GRI Seeks Use of Guidelines for EU Reporting Initiative

February 11, 2015

The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has recommended that businesses use GRI's previously developed "G4 Guidelines" to comply with new requirements under EU law to report the social and environmental impacts of their operations.
NGOs Call on EU to Mandate "Conflict Minerals" Reporting

February 11, 2015

As calls from nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") seeking social and environmental reporting by European businesses grow, a group of NGOs has produced a report seeking legislation from the EU that would mandate reporting of the use of "conflict minerals" from African countries in business operations.