Business & Human Rights

  • Stock Exchanges Initiative Pushes "Sustainable Development" Agenda

    October 15, 2014

    The Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative, developed by the UN Global Compact and other international actors, recently convened a Global Dialogue at which participating stock exchanges called for the adoption of best practices to encourage businesses to adopt "sustainable" policies.

  • UN Works to Institutionalize U.S. Action Plan on BHR

    October 08, 2014

    The UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR") has applauded the Obama Administration for announcing that it will develop a "national action plan" on BHR issues and has signaled that it will seek to institutionalize this plan at the international level so it will continue to be implemented in future administrations.

  • Energy Companies Agree to Methane Reporting

    October 08, 2014

    Under UN pressure, a group of companies in the oil and gas industry has agreed to a partnership in which they will systematically monitor and issue reports on their work to reduce methane emissions and combat global warming.

  • Corporations Set up Anti-Global Warming Venture

    October 08, 2014

    Under pressure from nongovernmental organizations to advance environmentally friendly causes, a group of multinational corporations has set up a website, which may expand into a global organization, that seeks to "activate" young people in the fight against climate change.

  • NGO Pushes Investors to Report Fossil Fuel Divestment

    October 08, 2014

    The Asset Owners Disclosure Project is placing pressure on institutional investors to disclose whether they are advancing the international agenda against climate change by divesting from "high carbon assets."

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