Business & Human Rights

UK NGOs Criticize Corporate Forced Labor Reporting

December 01, 2017

The UK CORE Coalition of civil society organizations has published a rating of British companies' compliance with the UK Modern Slavery Act, which requires businesses to report on their efforts to eliminate forced labor from their supply chains, criticizing what it deems to be low compliance with the reporting requirements and calling for more transparency.
Lawyers Weigh in on Imposing Corporate "Climate Liability"

November 30, 2017

An article on Vice explores the potential of state laws introducing "climate liability" to force energy companies to pay for damage caused by storms allegedly linked to climate change and laments that "suing the living daylights out of Big Oil remains maddeningly difficult."
Chile Releases BHR Action Plan

November 30, 2017

The government of Chile has published a National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (BHR) that explains how the government will require the private sector to implement the UN Guiding Principles on BHR and contribute to the fulfillment of the social and environmental targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Dutch Bank Adopts BHR Impact Assessments

November 30, 2017

Dutch development bank FMO has announced that, in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR), it will perform "human rights impact assessments" to determine whether its investment projects threaten to violate the global BHR agenda and report on its human rights performance in its activities.
Group Files OECD Complaint over Steel Union Treatment

November 30, 2017

Global industrial union group IndustriALL has filed a complaint with the OECD National Contact Point in Luxembourg over the alleged failure by a multinational steel producer to negotiate with one of IndustriALL's member unions and the producer's warning that it would fire employees who failed an alcohol and drug policy.