Business & Human Rights

  • Conference Seeks Energy “Transformation” in CEE

    January 31, 2019

    The EU-supported Central and Eastern European (CEE) Sustainable Energy Network convened a conference this week in Estonia to push for business and government action in the region promoting the “transformation of the energy sector” to combat climate change.

  • NGO Initiative Pushes Corporate SDG Finance in Asia

    January 31, 2019

    A group of nongovernmental organizations, finance companies, and academics have formed an Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative to push companies to place their investments in projects that support “sustainable economic, social, and environmental outcomes” aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • OECD Seeks Global Standards on “Impact Investing”

    January 31, 2019

    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a report calling for the creation of global standards defining “social impact investment” to help align such financing with “core development, social and environmental areas” that help advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

  • EU Body Issues Guidelines for Corporate Climate Reporting

    January 31, 2019

    The European Commission’s Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance has issued a report recommending standards for disclosures on climate impacts corporations should make as part of their non-financial reporting obligations under EU law.

  • NGOs Seek UN Review of Corporate Anti-Activist Lawsuits

    January 31, 2019

    A nongovernmental organization “task force” called Protect the Protest has issued a call for the UN Human Rights Committee, as part of the body’s review of US compliance with UN human rights treaties in March, to investigate what it says is a growing trend of corporate lawsuits aimed at “silencing” social and environmental activists.

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