Corporate Citizenship
KPMG Chair Calls for Global Accounting Standards
December 7, 2011
n the face of fraud at Olympus Corp, KPMG Chairman Michael Andrew has called for the development and implementation of global accounting standards and more regulatory oversight of auditing firms.NGOs Encourage Germany to Promote Business and Human Rights Agenda
December 7, 2011
A group of NGOs, led by Germanwatch, is calling on the German government to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as well as the European Commission's new communication on corporate social responsibility.OHCHR Publishes "Interpretive Guide" on UN Business and Human Rights
November 30, 2011
A new guidebook from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has been published to explain the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights.GRI Establishes Sustainable Business "Watchdog" Database
November 28, 2011
The Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) new Sustainability Disclosure Database includes data on the sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency of over three thousand companies worldwide.California Law Protects Socially Conscious Companies from Shareholder Suits
November 28, 2011
AB361, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last month, is designed to prevent profit/dividend seeking shareholders from successfully suing so-called "benefit corporations" that place social and environmental goals on an equal footing with financial ones. ToUN Leader Urges Businesses to Join UN Global Compact
November 28, 2011
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has encouraged representatives from businesses from Asia and the Pacific region to partner with the UN through the UN Global Compact and to work more closely with the UN on sustainable development, human rights, and climate change issues.Matrix of Human Rights Governance Networks Targets Businesses
November 23, 2011
Jim Kelly details the evolution of a matrix of human rights governance networks that is seeking to hold multinational businesses accountable for fulfilling economic rights throughout the world.ILO Report Emphasizes Need for Development of Skills for "Green" Jobs
November 23, 2011
A new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) evidences the manner in which environmentalists and multinational organizations are using the specter of climate change to promote the re-tooling of national employment strategies toward "green" jobs.UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights Member Explains Role of NHRIs
November 23, 2011
In a recent letter, Margaret Jungk, Director of the Business and Human Rights Department at the Danish Institute for Human Rights and a member of the new United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, outlined what she views as the six ways in which national human rights institutions ("NHRIs") will be instrumental in holding transnational businesses accountable for meeting their "duties and potential" in the business and human rights area.NGOs Urge Banks to Consider Biodiversity in Lending Decisions
November 23, 2011
The purpose of the Biodiversity for Banks (B4B) program, an initiative of the Equator Principles Association, World Wildlife Fund, and the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program, is to help financial institutions incorporate risks associated with biodiversity and ecosystem services into their lending decisions.A JOINT PROGRAM OF
