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OECD Report Criticizes Inadequate Taxation Levels on Polluting Energy Sources
September 25, 2019
Seeking to justify taxes on pollution-emitting energy sources, a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") concludes that taxes on polluting fuels are too low to encourage a shift to low-carbon alternatives.
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UN Global Compact Launches Principles for Sustainable Ocean Business
September 18, 2019
On September 17, the United Nations Global Compact launched a set of nine Sustainable Ocean Principles urging companies abound the world “to commit to securing a healthy and productive ocean.”
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Cooper: Expansion of Business Purpose Reflects Move Toward "Stakeholder Capitalism"
September 16, 2019
In light of recent steps two global business groups have taken to expand the acknowledged purpose of businesses beyond increasing shareholder value, Kate Cooper describes “stakeholder capitalism” as "a recognition that every link in the chain that creates and provides goods or services, whether individual or collective, must be appropriately and fairly rewarded."
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Schneider: China's Dominance Over 5G Has Profound National Security Implications
September 06, 2019
In a new paper, Hudson Institute's, William Schneider, Jr., explains how China's dominance over the 5G communications system will produce national security-sensitive intelligence relating to the large and growing faction of the world's day-to-day life of individuals, objects, and institutions that will be stored with an electronic footprint.
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UNDP Pursues SDG Impact Practice Standards for Private Equity Funds
September 06, 2019
The United Nations Development Programme has released a draft SDG Impact Practice Standards for Private Equity Funds, a set of standards developed by SDG Impact to guide private fund managers toward investments that advance the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs.
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