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Financial Companies Agree to "Portfolio Decarbonization"
December 22, 2015
The UN Environment Programme ("UNEP") has announced the addition of financial institutions from the UK, the Netherlands, and France to its "Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition," which seeks to pressure investors to remove funding from companies that UNEP argues contribute to climate change.
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NGO Seeks Investor Pressure on Companies over Trafficking
December 22, 2015
Acknowledging the "unprecedented scrutiny" British corporations are facing following the passage of a UK law requiring companies to report on their efforts to rid their supply chains of forced labor, nongovernmental organization Finance Against Trafficking has released a report guiding investors on how to pressure companies to perform extensive supply-chain due diligence in this area.
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UN Agency Seeks Pro-Labor Policies in Greece
December 21, 2015
The UN's International Labour Organization ("ILO") has announced that it is working with the Greek Government to include "collective bargaining and social dialogue" policies in the country's reforms to grow the economy and reduce unemployment.
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UN Highlighted Climate Catastrophes Prior to Summit
December 21, 2015
Attempting to show a link between climate change and weather-related disasters prior to the recent UN conference among world leaders on climate change in Paris, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction released a report estimating that 90 percent of global disasters in the last twenty years have been climate-related.
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UN: Nationality-Based Migrant Restrictions Violate Rights
December 21, 2015
Calling for Balkan States to increase their capacity for migrants from the Middle East, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that policies in the region of "profiling" migrants and asylum seekers based on their nationality violates international human-rights law.
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