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UK Lawmakers Rank Fashion Retailers' “Sustainability” Efforts
February 06, 2019
The BBC reports that the UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has ranked fashion retailers on their commitment to reducing their negative social and environmental impacts and on their involvement in initiatives aimed at achieving “sustainability” in the clothing industry.
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Article Highlights BHR Impact in Asia
February 05, 2019
Melissa Chong of the organization Corporate Citizenship describes a “rising tide” of corporate human rights due diligence regulations, with a particular focus on supply chains in Asia, and considers the potential global impact of a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR).
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Academic Cites “Duty” of FIFA to Intervene in Rights Case
February 05, 2019
Professor Sarah Joseph of Monash University illustrates how advocates of the business and human rights agenda are pressuring the sports industry to intervene in rights-related issues, asserting that the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has a duty to push Thailand not to extradite a famous soccer player to Bahrain.
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WEF Meeting Closes with Focus on Climate Change, Inequality
February 05, 2019
The final debate at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos featured international and national officials and academics focusing on the need to address the “immeasurable suffering” caused by global warming and for policies that “fairly” redistribute the benefits of economic growth among society.
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Ben & Jerry’s Removes Plastic Products from Shops
February 05, 2019
As companies respond to pressure from environmental activist groups to jettison “single-use plastic” products, PR Newswire reports that ice cream chain and self-proclaimed “aspiring social justice company” Ben & Jerry’s will no longer offer plastic straws or plastic spoons in its locations beginning in early 2019.
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