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NGO Seeks Business Review of Tech Gender Gaps
July 31, 2018
Michelle Lau-Burke and Callie Strickland of the nongovernmental organization The B Team call on technology companies to perform due diligence to understand the “gendered dimensions” of their products and services, including harassment of women on their platforms, using frameworks such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
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Sustainable Palm Oil Group Suspends Nestle
July 31, 2018
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, an industry group that places pressure on businesses to meet a broad range of environmental and social criteria in their palm oil supply chains, has suspended food company Nestle from its ranks over its failure to report on its progress and to pay membership fees.
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GRI: Governments Must Monitor Business SDG Contributions
July 30, 2018
An article from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) examines national reports on progress toward achieving the comprehensive UN social and environmental targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and encourages governments to pay special attention to the contributions of businesses to the SDGs.
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Google Partners with UN on Monitoring SDG Progress
July 30, 2018
NDTV reports that tech giant Google has agreed with the UN Environmental Programme to develop a platform enabling the public, through satellite and other technology, to track government and industry progress toward achieving environmental targets under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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NGOs Seek EU Labor, Forest Due Diligence Legislation
July 30, 2018
Reuters reports that, at a recent European Parliament hearing, policymakers and nongovernmental organizations called for the establishment of an EU framework forcing companies to perform due diligence to ensure their supply chains are not tainted by child labor and deforestation.
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