Business & Human Rights

  • EC Introduces Guidelines for Corporate Climate Reporting

    June 19, 2019

    The European Commission (EC) has published guidelines on how businesses should publicly report their climate impacts as well as the impacts of the climate on their operations under the bloc’s Non-Financial Reporting Directive and welcomed the publication of three reports from an expert EU group on ramping up “sustainable finance.”

  • EU Regulation Imposes Transparency Mandate on Tech Companies

    June 19, 2019

    The EU institutions have passed a regulation requiring tech companies to provide “transparent terms and conditions” to business customers on online platforms and to offer “effective possibilities of redress,” including an internal mechanism for handling complaints, when these terms are violated.

  • NGO Organizes Investor Call for Climate Reporting

    June 18, 2019

    Bloomberg reports that the Carbon Disclosure Project, a nongovernmental initiative that provides a framework for companies to report on their greenhouse gas emissions levels, has corralled a group of investors managing a combined $10 trillion in assets to pressure businesses to provide more information on their climate impacts.

  • Consultant Pushes for Ongoing Rights Monitoring in Trade Deals

    June 13, 2019

    Business and human rights consultant Dr. Jennifer Ann Zerk encourages countries striking trade deals to supplement human rights impact assessments with “institutional arrangements” that allow monitors to follow up on rights impacts and tackle challenges that emerge throughout the international trading relationship.

  • NGO Pushes for Integration of BHR, SDG Efforts

    June 13, 2019

    The Danish Institute for Human Rights has published a paper explaining how governments and corporations should encourage the integration of efforts to implement business and human rights (BHR) standards and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including by promoting corporate “due diligence” for BHR impacts.

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