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NGO Campaign Seeks Strengthened OECD Contact Points
December 29, 2017
The nongovernmental organization OECD Watch has launched a "Remedy Campaign" pushing national governments to heighten the visibility of their National Contact Points for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and strengthen their authority to sanction companies they find have violated the Guidelines.
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Academic: Embed UNGPs in Investment Deals
December 29, 2017
Tara Van Ho of the Aarhus University Department of Law advises countries negotiating international trade agreements to include commitments to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in these deals to facilitate legal claims in international investment tribunals against businesses over alleged human rights violations.
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Finland Produces Guide on "Socially Responsible" Procurement
December 29, 2017
Finland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has published a guide for public-sector agents on how to adopt "socially responsible public procurement" processes that take into account "social considerations," such as working conditions and corporate social responsibility, in public procurement of goods and services.
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IOC Renews Gender Equality Deal with UN Agency
December 29, 2017
In its renewal of an agreement with UN Women, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has accepted a responsibility to "empower" women through sports and to promote "women’s leadership and gender equality in the sport industry" around the world, as part of the IOC's implementation of the global business and human rights agenda.
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UN Agencies Launch Corporate "Playbook" on Climate Action
December 28, 2017
At a side event of the UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany, in November, a group of UN agencies urged business leaders to push their governments for more stringent commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and launched a "Climate Action Playbook" to guide businesses on how to ramp up their climate and "sustainability" commitments.
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