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Corporations Participate in NGO Labor Reporting Initiative
May 30, 2019
The nongovernmental organization ShareAction, through its Workforce Disclosure Initiative, has analyzed data reported from 90 companies on their labor forces and supply chains in a push for investors to consider social impacts when deciding where to place their money.
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Governments Commit to Contribute Further to UN Climate Action
May 29, 2019
According to the UN Secretary-General’s envoy on climate change Luis Alfonso de Alba, 80 countries currently signed up to the UN’s Paris climate accord have agreed to ramp up their pledges to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions to fulfill the goals of the UN’s agenda on global warming.
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UN Chief: Carbon Subsidies “Destroy the World”
May 29, 2019
At a recent forum for action on global warming, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for an end to worldwide fossil fuel subsidies, through which, he said, officials were spending taxpayer money “to destroy the world.”
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OSCE Delegation Observes Climate “Security Risks”
May 29, 2019
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly recently sent a delegation to the Arctic to observe the “security risks” posed by global warming throughout the OSCE region.
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WHO Treaty Body Supports Brazilian Tobacco Suit
May 29, 2019
A statement from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control supporting the Brazilian government’s attempt to recover money from tobacco companies for social and economic costs of their products highlights the organization’s intervention in domestic legal disputes.
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