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UN Body Proposes Implementation Mechanisms for BHR Treaty
November 30, 2018
The UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) issues has created a draft protocol for potential adoption by national governments requiring them each to establish a National Implementation Mechanism to investigate and oversee compliance with a proposed BHR treaty.
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OECD Contact Point Receives Complaint over Coffee Production in Brazil
November 30, 2018
OECD Watch reports that a nongovernmental organization and a union recently filed a complaint with the Brazilian national contact point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises pushing for mediation with a group of food and coffee companies to resolve alleged poor treatment of workers in their supply chains.
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Mattel Partners with UN on TV Show’s SDG Promotion
November 30, 2018
The Los Angeles Times reports that Mattel and the UN are engaged in a collaborative project through which UN staffers assist in creating stories for the television show “Thomas & Friends” that promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including by using “gender-sensitive language” and teaching children about the UN’s environmental agenda.
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WHO Report Blames Tobacco for Environmental Degradation
November 30, 2018
As part of the UN’s expansive campaign against tobacco products, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) secretariat for its tobacco control treaty has warned of the “tremendously destructive” impacts businesses engaged in tobacco production have on the environment, including through deforestation, soil degradation, and cigarette butt disposal.
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UNFCCC Relaunches Online Emissions Reduction Platform
November 29, 2018
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recently relaunched its online platform permitting companies to purchase offsets for their carbon emissions, with the funding sent to “green” projects in developing countries registered under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism to advance the global climate change agenda.
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