Business & Human Rights

NGOs Seek Ejection of Energy Companies from EITI Board

February 15, 2018

A group of nongovernmental organizations have called on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a program pushing oil, gas, and mining companies to disclose their payments to governments, to eject energy companies ExxonMobil and Chevron from the EITI board for not publicly reporting tax payments they made in the US.
GRI Praises Broad EU Corporate Reporting Mandates

February 15, 2018

A press release from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) praises EU member states that have gone further than required in implementing the EU's non-financial corporate reporting directive by mandating that all or nearly all companies, regardless of size, issue public reports on their environmental and human rights impacts.
FIDH: BHR Treaty Must Address Conflict Areas

February 15, 2018

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), a global NGO coalition organization, has called on negotiators of a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) to provide for "enhanced" BHR due-diligence requirements and potential criminal liability for companies operating in "conflict-affected areas," including Israeli settlements in "occupied" Palestine.
Apple Shareholders Reject Creation of Rights Committee

February 14, 2018

The website AppleInsider reports that shareholders in the technology company Apple have rejected a resolution calling for the creation of a human rights committee within the company, as the business argued it would merely duplicate the efforts of its audit committee.
Briefing Lauds Steps Toward Binding BHR Treaty

February 14, 2018

A recent briefing from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the Global Policy Forum characterizes the October 2017 negotiating session for a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) as "one step further towards global regulation of business" and calls for NGOs and UN officials to "remain vigilant" of government attempts to block the process.