Corporate Citizenship
UN Hires PR Firm to Push ESG Agenda
May 16, 2012
The Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative (PRI), a non-profit formed in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact, has hired Lansons Communications to spread its message that the investment community should incorporate environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues into their decision-making.Experts Urge Opposition to CSR Mandates
May 9, 2012
In a new article, The Heritage Foundation's Jim Roberts and Grove City College Professor Andy Markley detail the threat that the global Corporate Social Responsibility movement poses to free market capitalism.Irish Centre Promotes UN Business and Human Rights Agenda
May 9, 2012
In a recent report, the Irish Centre for Human Rights details what it views to be the human rights obligations of businesses in the context of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.U.S. State Department Promotes UN Business and Human Rights Agenda
May 9, 2012
At a recent meeting for corporate CSR executives, Maria Otero, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights at the U.S. Department of State, explained that the Obama Administration will initiate a $500,000 program to promote awareness and implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.Project Promotes Mandatory Corporate Due Diligence on Human Rights
May 9, 2012
Several civil society organizations have launched the Human Rights Due Diligence Project, the objective of which is to answer the question of how countries can, through law and regulation, require or encourage human rights due diligence by businesses.Obama Administration Promotes Implementation of UN's Business and Human Rights Principles
May 2, 2012
On April 30, the U.S. State Department held a workshop on implementing the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in business operations for representatives of major multinational corporations.Danish NGO Hire to Advance Human Rights Principles in Private Sector
April 18, 2012
Allan Lerberg Jorgensen, the new Director of the Human Rights & Business Department at the the Danish Institute for Human Rights, will be responsible for strengthening the work of the Institute towards private sector actors and helping to mainstream business sector issues into the Institute's human rights work with state actors, CSOs, and other National Human Rights Institutions around the world.New Consulting Firm Joins Business of Promoting UN Principles on Human Rights
April 4, 2012
The consulting firm Shift, chaired by Professor John Ruggie, provides governments and businesses guidance on putting the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, authored by Ruggie himself, into practice.Trade Union Group Submits Recommendations for OECD Corporate Regulation
March 28, 2012
The Trade Union Advisory Committee ("TUAC") to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has submitted recommendations to the OECD for "responsible business conduct in a global context."Germany Promotes Corporate Social Responsibility Policies
February 29, 2012
The Federal Government of Germany has recommended that businesses incorporate CSR principles in business planning, commit to corporate sustainability reporting, and broaden water and energy stewardship.A JOINT PROGRAM OF
