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UN Panel Seeks Global Body to Set Mining Standards
February 22, 2019
The UN Environment Programme’s International Resource Panel has called on governments to develop “Strategic Plans” and institutions to govern the impacts of the mining industry and to launch an International Minerals Agency to develop global standards on mining and advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Launches Hub on Biodiversity Impacts of Trade
February 22, 2019
The UN Environment Programme and a UK research fund recently launched a five-year project called the "Trade, Development and the Environment Hub" to research the impacts of international trade on biodiversity and make recommendations on how future trade deals can comply with the UN’s “sustainability” agenda.
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NGOs Push for Gender Reporting in Extractives Industry
February 22, 2019
The nongovernmental coalition Publish What You Pay has called on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a transparency standard for governments and the oil, gas, and mining industry, to require more information on gender disparities in extractives reporting.
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UK Lawmakers Seek Tax Incentives for “Sustainable” Fashion
February 22, 2019
The UK House of Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee has published a report calling on the British government to introduce tax penalties on fashion companies that fail to address the environmental impacts of their products, among several other social and environmental priorities.
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Oxfam Assesses Rights Impacts in Finnish Food Supply Chain
February 22, 2019
Finnish procurement company SOK Corporation recently commissioned nongovernmental organization Oxfam to perform a pilot “human rights impact assessment” of its Italian tomato supply chain as part of a broader response to NGO pressure in which businesses show they are performing “due diligence” in complying with the business and human rights agenda.
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