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Standard Setters Seek Global Alignment of “Sustainability” Reporting
April 04, 2019
Standard setters and others participating in the Corporate Reporting Dialogue are engaged in an international consultation process considering how best to align frameworks for corporate reporting on “sustainable development” and how to integrate social and environmental data into financial reports.
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New York Yankees Sign UN Climate Action Framework
April 03, 2019
Demonstrating the ongoing pressure from the UN and nongovernmental organizations on businesses to show they are seeking to combat global warming, the New York Yankees baseball club has signed on to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, pledging to reduce and offset its carbon emissions and promote “climate awareness.”
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Paper Warns Companies of UN Prohibition of “Cultural Appropriation”
April 03, 2019
The Centre for International Governance Innovation has published a paper exploring how governments and companies should, in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, prevent the fashion industry from engaging in “cultural appropriation” from minority populations, including through the use of intellectual property law.
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ISO Publishes Guidelines on “Human-Centred” Workplace
March 20, 2019
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published global guidelines calling on businesses and other organizations to maintain a “human-centred” workplace model by taking on the challenges technologies like artificial intelligence pose to employment in a “sustainable” way.
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US Opposes "Prescriptive" Global Approach to Plastics Regulation
March 18, 2019
At the recent UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, US diplomats warned against an overly “prescriptive” approach to global governance of plastic waste, opposing the approach proposed by Malaysia and Turkey of creating a legally binding treaty to cut down on plastic production.
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