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UN Group Pushes for BHR "Due Diligence" in Mexico
August 09, 2017
The UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) has published a report on its 2016 visit to Mexico calling on the country's government to consult with activists in creating a national action plan on BHR issues and pushing businesses to adopt BHR "due diligence procedures" and to publicly report on their efforts to implement these procedures.
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Google Case Shows Cost of Salary Reporting
August 09, 2017
Signaling the complexity and expense involved in complying with government reporting requirements, tech giant Google recently argued in a case launched by the US Department of Labor alleging "systemic compensation disparities" between male and female employees that it would be too timely and costly to comply with the government's broad request for salary records.
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India Gains Access to UN Climate Funding System
August 08, 2017
India’s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has achieved accredited status with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Green Climate Fund (GCF), under which it will receive global funding for qualifying projects that further GCF’s mission of limiting the impacts of global warming.
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Shell Announces Shift from Oil
August 08, 2017
Amid proliferating activist pressure and government policies implementing the global climate agenda, Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden has announced that the company is planning for a shift from crude oil to natural gas and other alternative energies to help fulfill the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
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US Communities Sue "Carbon Majors" over Sea Level
August 08, 2017
Two coastal California counties and one California city have sued a group of oil, gas, and coal producers, claiming that these “carbon majors” conspired for decades to hide the negative environmental effects of fossil fuels and should be required to pay “for the current and future costs of adapting to sea level rises linked to climate change.”
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