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Australian State Creates Penalty for Failure to File Labor Reports
January 16, 2019
Komala Ramachandra of Human Rights Watch applauds the Australian state of New South Wales for creating an “independent anti-slavery commissioner” and creating financial penalties for companies that fail to comply with an Australian national law requiring companies to file annual reports on their efforts to rid their supply chains of forced labor.
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Nestlé Releases Action Plan on Eliminating “Single-Use” Plastics
January 16, 2019
Food giant Nestlé has published an action plan outlining how it will comply with environmental activist demands to reduce plastic waste from its products by making all of its packaging reusable, recyclable, or biodegradable by the year 2025.
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UN Plans Promotion of SDG Action in Davos
January 16, 2019
The UN Global Compact illustrates how it, along with private sector, NGO, and international organization partners, will seek to influence discussions on business initiatives aimed at achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a “Sustainable Impact Hub” at the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos.
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NGO Seeks Stronger BHR Reporting from Canadian Mining Companies
January 16, 2019
The nongovernmental organization Shift has produced a report pushing companies in the Canadian mining industry to broaden and strengthen their public reporting on implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR).
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UN Network Chief Seeks Embedding of SDGs in Business Models
January 16, 2019
The head of the UN’s Global Compact Network in Kenya, Judy Njino, argues that it is in companies’ self-interest to make the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “a defining feature of contemporary business strategy and operations” and urges businesses to work in the interest of everyone impacted by their operations, including “the planet.”
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