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NGO Demands More Action from Supermarkets on Plastics
August 31, 2018
The activist organization Greenpeace has applauded Kroger’s decision, under pressure from UN and environmental groups opposed to plastics production, to phase out the use of “single-use” plastic bags from its stores by the year 2025, while calling for the grocery giant to “build upon this effort” by cutting out all kinds of disposable plastics from its operations.
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Paper Seeks Rights-Focused Action from Companies on Network Disruptions
August 31, 2018
The Global Network Initiative, a coalition of internet and telecommunications companies, has published a paper calling on businesses to do more to prevent the impacts on a broad range of rights caused by government-mandated network disruptions across the globe, including to economic, social, and cultural rights.
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Turkey Files Complaint with WTO over US Tariffs
August 30, 2018
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced its receipt of a dispute complaint from Turkey regarding increased US duties on steel and aluminum levied in response to Turkey’s ongoing detention of an American pastor, elevating a foreign-relations dispute into a legal conflict to be resolved by the leading institution of global trade governance.
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World Bank Launches $300-Million Energy-Efficiency Initiative in India
August 30, 2018
Highlighting the World Bank’s embrace of the UN’s “sustainable development” and climate change agendas, the development institution has announced its support of a $300-million India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Program to encourage “energy saving measures in residential and public sectors” with the aim of reducing the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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NGOs Seek Binding Environmental Instrument for Americas
August 30, 2018
An open letter from nongovernmental organizations including Amnesty International calls on countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to sign on to a binding regional agreement setting transnational standards linking environmental protection and human rights, including by providing for “access to justice in environmental matters.”
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