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Article: UN Treaty Grants Indigenous Peoples Right to Reject Sea Mining
February 20, 2019
An article by Julian Aguon and Julie Hunter in the Stanford Environmental Law Journal asserts that authorities should rely on the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to grant the right to free, prior, and informed consent to indigenous peoples who could face impacts from deep sea mining projects in the international seabed.
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Review Shows Growing Activist Pressure on Corporate Governance
February 20, 2019
Lawyer Samantha Sarkozi cites a global study from shareholder services firm Kingsdale Advisors to argue that investors and shareholders are responding to pressure from activists and multilateral organizations pushing them to consider environmental and social issues in their investment decisions.
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EU-Singapore Trade Deal Includes New Investment Court
February 14, 2019
The European Parliament has approved a trade deal with Singapore that, according to the body, includes bolstered environmental and labor protections and creates an investment court with independent judges that replaces, in the words of one legislator, the “toxic” dispute system currently in place between Singapore and EU members.
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WHO, ITU Produce Standard for Safer Headphones
February 14, 2019
The UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) have published a global standard guiding companies on how to safely manufacture personal listening devices to prevent hearing loss, including the installation of an “automatic volume reduction” feature.
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WEF Launches Project on “Transformation” of Civil Society Sector
February 14, 2019
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced that it is launching a project seeking to prepare civil society groups for the “transformation” caused by what it calls the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” by drawing their attention to such issues as “responsible digital transformation for social impact” and “group data and human rights.”
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