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Organizations Collaborate on Corporate Reporting Efforts
November 28, 2017
In September, the Global Reporting Initiative and the Principles for Responsible Investment signed a collaboration agreement promoting joint efforts "to align corporate sustainability reporting with investor expectations" as part of the work of both organizations to advance the global "sustainable development" agenda.
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NGOs Seek Canadian Corporate "Due Diligence" Rules
November 27, 2017
In September, the nongovernmental organizations International Corporate Accountability Roundtable and Above Ground hosted an Ottawa symposium pushing for regulations requiring corporations to perform "human rights due diligence" for their overseas operations and to guarantee access to remedy for alleged rights victims.
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NGOs: Include Human Rights in Climate "Rule Book"
November 27, 2017
A group of nongovernmental organizations recently published a paper calling for governments developing the "Rule Book" for fulfilling the UN's Paris climate agreement to integrate "key human rights and environmental and social principles" to ensure "policy coherence" in their plans to prevent climate change and uphold the global human rights agenda.
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NGOs: US NCP Should Have Sanctioning Power
November 27, 2017
In the lead-up to a global "peer review" process analyzing the effectiveness of the US National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, a group of nongovernmental organizations submitted a call for the US to strengthen the NCP by providing for sanctions against businesses that violate the OECD Guidelines.
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OECD Meeting Ramps up Action on Tax Avoidance
November 22, 2017
Countries meeting in Cameroon at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Global Forum on tax transparency agreed to support the EU's efforts to penalize so-called "tax havens" and to require annual "implementation reports" and "peer reviews" on countries' efforts to prevent corporate tax avoidance.
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