Stakeholder Capitalism

UN Global Compact Launches CFO Network to Advance SDGs

October 02, 2019

The United Nations Global Compact has launched the first network for Chief Financial Officers focused on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through corporate strategy and investments.
OECD Launches Tool to Analyze Support for SDGs

September 26, 2019

To provide more information about the financing of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), the OCED has launched the SDG Financing Lab, an interactive website that quantifies the contribution of different donors to the SDGs and helps increase transparency and improve the impact of aid.
OECD Report Criticizes Inadequate Taxation Levels on Polluting Energy Sources

September 25, 2019

Seeking to justify taxes on pollution-emitting energy sources, a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") concludes that taxes on polluting fuels are too low to encourage a shift to low-carbon alternatives.
Mars, Incorporated Sweetens OECD-led G7 Business for Inclusive Growth Coalition

August 28, 2019

Mars, Incorporated has joined the G-7 Business for Inclusive Growth (“G7 B4IG”) an OECD-coordinated business coalition seeking to tackle inequality by building on synergies among companies, governments and philanthropic organizations.
Experts Urge Adoption of Global Tax Framework

August 26, 2019

To complement the work of tax policy experts seeking agreement to a minimum level of corporation tax to be overseen by the OECD, other experts have created a framework for identifying and evaluating the inequalities generated by hyper-competitive national tax policies.
OECD Considers Tax Apportionment Reform

August 20, 2019

The Tax Justice Institute is expressing progressive support for a shift to a global unitary corporate tax system, with apportionment of taxes being based on the location of a company’s employment and sales.
Australia Appoints Examiner of Overseas Corporate Rights Abuses

August 07, 2019

The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Law Centre is applauding the move by the Australian government to appoint an “independent examiner” to monitor alleged overseas human rights abuses committed by Australian companies as part of the country’s reform of its OECD National Contact Point.
Companies Embrace Initiative on Setting Emissions Targets

July 26, 2019

28 companies have announced their adherence to the demands of the UN Global Compact’s Science Based Targets initiative, under which businesses set goals to limit their greenhouse gas emissions to help fulfill the UN’s Paris climate accord.
UN Local Networks Seek Corporate Action on SDGs

July 26, 2019

At a recent review of the “local dimension” of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Executive Director of the UN Global Compact (UNGC) Lise Kingo highlighted the role of the nearly 70 UNGC Local Networks in pushing businesses around the world to embed the SDGs in their operations.
NGOs File OECD Complaint Against Dutch Bank

July 24, 2019

A coalition of nongovernmental organizations related to the activist group Friends of the Earth has filed a complaint with the Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises accusing Dutch bank ING Group of fueling rights violations by funding three palm-oil companies.