Business & Human Rights

UN Seeks Greater Private Sector SDG Collaboration

September 19, 2017

The UN Global Compact has announced a series of events to be held during the General Assembly’s Regular Session to engage private sector leaders on ways that businesses can promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the release of a report analyzing the “sustainable development” contributions of all 9,500 Global Compact participant companies.
UK Considers Reporting Measures on Executive Pay

September 18, 2017

Money Marketing reports that the UK government is set to propose rules requiring publicly listed companies to publish a ratio comparing the pay of their chief executive officer to the salary of their average staff member and establishing a register listing companies in which one-fifth of shareholders opposed the current level of executive pay.
OECD Publishes Reviews on Global Tax Cooperation

September 18, 2017

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published the first set of "peer reviews" in which governments rated each other on their compliance with the OECD's global standards providing for the automatic exchange of corporate tax and other financial information to combat tax avoidance.
Ruggie Praises Chilean BHR Action Plan

September 18, 2017

In a recent keynote address at the launch of the Chilean National Action Plan on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR), Harvard Professor John Ruggie praised the plan's connection of BHR action with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and called for BHR "due diligence" requirements for companies operating in the country.
Poland Produces BHR Action Plan

September 18, 2017

The Polish Government has published a National Action Plan on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR), considering current elements of Polish law that support BHR and "corporate social responsibility" and describing potential further measures to protect individuals from BHR violations.