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Survey Results Reveal Global Concern over "Big Tech" Collection and Use of Personal Data
December 10, 2019
According to a recent survey of 10,000 people in nine countries conducted by YouGov on behalf of Amnesty International, seven in ten people (73%) want governments to do more to regulate Big Tech, with a clear majority (71%) worried about how tech companies collect and use their personal data.
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UNCTAD Develops Guidance to Measure Business Contributions to SDGs
December 04, 2019
In cooperation with the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting ("ISAR"), the UN Conference on Trade and Development ("UNCTAD") has developed a guidance tool to measure the contribution of the private sector to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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Brown University Committee Supports Divestment Action
December 04, 2019
Brown University's Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies (ACCRIP) has voted to have the University withdraw support for companies that are "facilitating the [Israeli] occupation and its human rights abuses in the West Bank and Gaza," an action supported in an earlier referendum by 70% of students and 100 faculty members.
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GRI Issues Progress Report on UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
November 27, 2019
By analyzing 23 National Action Plans ("NAPs") produced by governments, the Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has reported on the progress countries have made toward meeting their obligations under the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, concluding that governments need to do more to help businesses understand, mitigate, and improve their human rights impacts.
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Human Rights Groups Urge U.S. Senators to Pass ILLICIT CASH Act
November 20, 2019
In a letter to United States Senators, ten human rights organizations are urging passage of a proposed law they maintain would provide law enforcement officials with a tool for stemming corruption and advancing human rights.
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