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Activist Investors File Rights Resolutions at US Prison Operators
January 16, 2019
Reuters reports that activist investors including the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility have filed shareholder resolutions at two US private prison operators seeking, in one case, to link executive pay to detainee treatment and, in the other case, to require annual reporting on the implementation of a human rights policy.
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Marriott Faces Peruvian OECD Complaint over Hotel Construction
January 16, 2019
A group of Indigenous people in Peru has filed a complaint against Marriott with the Peruvian National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises alleging rights violations related to the hotel chain’s destruction of an Inca temple and unauthorized excavations surrounding a planned hotel site.
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FIFA Weighs in on Bahrainian Extradition Case
January 16, 2019
Under pressure from activist groups, on the basis of the organization’s human rights policy, to intervene in the case of a Bahrainian soccer player detained in Thailand for extradition to his home country, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has called for relevant authorities to permit the player’s return to Australia.
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GRI Establishes Corporate Community on “Sustainability” Reporting
January 16, 2019
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has established a GRI Community that will serve as a collaborative network of corporations, nongovernmental organizations, and “sustainability leaders” to support “peer-to-peer learning” among businesses to advance reporting on their efforts to embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals in their operations.
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WEF Report Seeks Cut in Meat Production to Fulfill SDGs
January 16, 2019
A recent report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) asserts that the transformation of the food industry in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), mostly by limiting the production of meat, would save millions of lives and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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