Business & Human Rights

NGO Briefing Catalogs Arguments from Climate Litigation

June 26, 2019

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has published an overview of legal arguments plaintiffs have used in lawsuits claiming companies have violated their obligations to limit contributions to global warming.
NGOs Tour Europe to Support Global BHR Treaty

June 26, 2019

An article by International Union for Conservation of Nature describing a European tour of African and Asian nongovernmental organizations in support of a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) highlights the pressure NGOs are placing on European governments to back the development of a global, legal BHR framework.
EC Body Seeks Exclusion of Coal, Nuclear Power from Finance Framework

June 26, 2019

The European Commission’s (EC) Technical Expert Group on sustainable finance has published recommendations calling on the EC to exclude coal and nuclear power projects from classification as sustainable investments.
UK Pledges Action for "Sustainable" Fashion

June 26, 2019

The UK Government has issued a response to a House of Commons Committee’s report on clothing consumption and sustainability pledging to use “regulatory and economic instruments” to address the environmental impacts of the fashion industry and to make producers responsible for the costs of disposal.
EU Agency Launches Toolkit on “Ethical” Migration Reporting

June 26, 2019

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights has launched an “e-learning platform” to teach journalists how to properly report stories on migration, seeking “ethical reporting treating people fairly and with dignity,” and by “balancing accuracy” with other factors such as “impartiality and humanity.”