Business & Human Rights

  • Foundation Launches Global Registry of Apparel Suppliers

    May 30, 2019

    The C&A Foundation has launched an Open Apparel Registry as a public tool that seeks to identify every apparel factory in the world to permit nongovernmental organizations to investigate alleged violations of labor rights in the complex supply chains of fashion brands.

  • GRI Seeks State Push for Corporate SDG Reporting

    May 30, 2019

    At a recent event in Bombay, Eric Hespenheide of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) called for a greater push by governments around the world toward corporate reporting on contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • NGO Criticizes Banks over Confidentiality of Customer Information

    May 30, 2019

    The nongovernmental organization BankTrack has criticized large banks for declining, for reasons of client confidentiality, to disclose the existence of financial links to customers and projects in response to NGO demands for data on connections to human rights and environmental abuses.

  • UN Group Reveals “Gender Framework” for BHR Principles

    May 29, 2019

    The UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) issues has created a framework pushing governments and businesses to “integrate a gender perspective” in their implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on BHR to address the “different and disproportionate” impact of BHR violations on women.

  • Belt and Road Countries Promote UN Business Principles

    May 29, 2019

    Leaders of 40 countries issued a statement at a recent forum on China’s massive Belt and Road infrastructure development initiative pledging to respect the principles of the UN Global Compact corporate network and push businesses participating in the initiative to contribute to the fulfillment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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