Business & Human Rights

AU Develops Continental BHR Action Plan

August 03, 2017

According to Romola Adeola of McGill University's Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, the African Union's (AU) plans to develop a continent-wide action plan to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) will help countries address BHR issues relating to land acquisition and environmental pollution.
NGOs File OECD Complaint over ING Climate Policies

August 03, 2017

A group of nongovernmental organizations has filed a complaint against ING Bank with the Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises for violating the Guidelines by hindering the implementation of the UN's 2015 Paris climate deal through the bank's continued investment in fossil fuel companies.
NGO Seeks "Due Diligence" on Recruitment Processes

August 03, 2017

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility has produced global guidance calling for corporations to perform "human rights due diligence" throughout their recruitment process and suppliers to eliminate forced labor and "ethical recruitment" of migrant workers.
Businesses Push G20 on Climate Action

August 03, 2017

Business recommendations from a corporate-sponsored "B20 Summit" in Berlin in May called on the Group of 20 countries (G20) to expand global governance initiatives to take on a wide range of cross-border issues, including implementation of the UN's 2015 Paris agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Study Rates Countries on Mineral Company Regulation

August 03, 2017

Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa and Southern Africa Resource Watch have published a study rating countries in Southern Africa on their regulations relating to the governance of mineral companies, arguing that accountability by nongovernmental organizations is "crucial" and calling for expansion of the implications of the research to all parts of the energy sector.