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UN Agency Launches Standards on Illegal Fishing Sales
May 30, 2017
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has announced the finalization of a set of global standards pressing national governments on keeping the products of unsanctioned fishing away from food markets.
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NGO Chief: Universities Must Pursue BHR Agenda in China
May 30, 2017
Robert Precht of the nongovernmental organization Justice Labs has authored an article calling on American universities operating in China to follow the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) by performing due diligence and reporting on potential human rights violations to which they may contribute by working with the Chinese government.
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Extractives Initiative Ratchets up Payment Reporting Rules
May 26, 2017
The nongovernmental organization (NGO) Global Witness reports that the board of the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global group that includes governments, NGOs, and oil, gas, and mining companies, has decided to require member companies to report all payments they make to governments for their projects around the world.
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Kenyan Banking Group Launches "Green Bond" Program
May 26, 2017
The Kenya Bankers Association and a group of international and nongovernmental organizations have launched a "Green Bond programme," endorsed by the Central Bank of Kenya, as part of global efforts by the UN and environmental activists to divert investments from fossil fuels to renewable energy projects in line with the 2015 Paris climate deal.
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NGOs Point to BHR Impacts of Green Energy
May 25, 2017
The development by nongovernmental organizations Yansa and the Gaia Foundation of a platform, called Ojuso, that will gather business and civil society stakeholders to consider business and human rights (BHR) impacts of renewable energy projects demonstrates the complexity involved in implementing the global "sustainable energy" agenda.
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