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NGO Calls for Corporate SDG Action to Prioritize BHR Agenda
August 03, 2018
A report from nongovernmental organization Shift provides examples of companies prioritizing the business and human rights (BHR) agenda in their strategies to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), showing businesses how they must properly meld the UN’s BHR and SDG agendas into a comprehensive course of action.
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NGOs Seek Robust Labor Reporting Mandates in Australia
August 03, 2018
In response to advisory committee recommendations on the creation of modern slavery reporting requirements in Australia, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations has called for stronger mandates on what companies must report in relation to their anti-slavery efforts, rules for how they make these reports public, and fines for non-compliant companies.
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NGOs Call for EU Support of Binding BHR Treaty Talks
August 03, 2018
A group of nongovernmental organizations has published an open letter calling on EU institutions and members to cease their “obstruction” of the intergovernmental negotiation of a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) and participate in the formation of a treaty that, among other things, creates an international mechanism to deal with BHR cases.
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NGO Calls for Anti-Slavery Commissioner in Australia
August 03, 2018
The Walk Free Foundation recently published its 2018 Global Slavery Index linking US$12 billion in Australian imports to slave labor and calling on the country to create an independent commissioner on modern slavery to tackle the issue.
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NGO Publishes “Blueprint” for Governments on Worker Rights
August 03, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) has published a “blueprint” for governments to protect workers’ rights through measures including corporate due diligence requirements, public reporting, and public procurement restrictions that pressure companies to ensure labor rights in their global supply chains.
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