ESG

NGOs Issue "Call to Action" on Jewelry Supply Chains

February 14, 2018

A group of human rights activist NGOs has called on companies in the jewelry industry to do more to implement the global business and human rights agenda by employing "robust" due-diligence systems and publicly reporting their efforts to address human rights and environmental impacts in their complex supply chains.
Business Coalition Seeks "Net Zero" Emissions by 2050

February 13, 2018

The global coalition of business, civil society, and labor leaders called the B Team has published a report assessing contributions of businesses to the fulfillment of the UN's climate change agenda and calling on companies to join an initiative aimed at achieving "net zero" emissions by the year 2050.
Chevron Questions Limited Scope of Cities' Climate Suit

February 08, 2018

Legal NewsLine reports that energy company Chevron has filed a third-party complaint against state-owned Norwegian oil company Statoil as it seeks to expand the scope of a lawsuit by various Californian municipalities alleging damages by a limited set of large oil and gas companies, including Chevron, related to their contribution to global warming.
GRI Pushes Small Businesses to Report on "Sustainability"

February 08, 2018

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has issued a press release explaining how its Competitive Business Program trains and coaches small and medium-sized enterprises in a set of developing countries how to publicly disclose their impacts on the global "sustainable development" agenda.
London Business School Plans Institute for Social Issues

February 07, 2018

Highlighting pressure from international organizations and nongovernmental groups on businesses to embrace the global "sustainability" agenda, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reports that the London Business School is setting up an institute to "harness the power of business" to solve social problems in developing countries.
EU Report Proposes Measures for "Sustainable" Investments

February 07, 2018

A report from the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance proposes EU measures for encouraging investments from the financial system to fulfill the UN's "sustainable development" agenda, including through EU standards for such "sustainable" investments and investor disclosures on how sustainability factors into their decision-making.
WEF Touts Meeting's "Sustainability" Certification

February 06, 2018

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced that it received certification from an independent certification body for compliance with the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) standard for "sustainable event management" at its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January.
Joint Initiative Sets out Eco-Industrial Park Standards

February 02, 2018

The World Bank Group, the UN Industrial Development Organization, and a German development advisory company have launched a joint international framework setting out minimum environmental, social, and economic standards for the recognition of "eco-industrial parks," which seek to increase industrial efficiency while advancing the global environmental agenda.
Companies Embrace Calls to Reduce Climate Impacts

February 02, 2018

Andrew Steer of the World Resources Institute and Grant Reid of food company Mars explain how businesses are responding to global pressure - from the UN, nongovernmental organizations, and governments - to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions in line with the 2015 UN Paris climate accord by signing up to UN climate initiatives and pledging "science-based" emissions targets.
NGO Pushes WEF to Seek "Justice" for Corporate Conduct

January 29, 2018

The nongovernmental organization Greenpeace has marked the beginning of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, by releasing a report accusing various global companies of environmental destruction and human rights abuses and calling on world leaders to prevent these harms by imposing mandatory reporting and other policies on businesses.