Business & Human Rights

NGO Pushes Guatemala to Implement BHR Agenda

August 25, 2017

The nongovernmental organization the Unit for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders of Guatemala has produced a "national baseline assessment" examining Guatemala's current implementation of the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda with the aim of developing a "national action plan" on fulfilling the UN Guiding Principles on BHR in the country.
OECD Meeting Pushes for "Responsible Business Conduct"

August 25, 2017

In June, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) hosted its 2017 Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct to explore a wide variety of ways, ranging from "due diligence" efforts to business school curricula, in which to push companies to comply with the business and human rights, climate change, and "sustainable development" agendas.
EU Body Calls for Policies for "Sustainable Finance"

August 25, 2017

The EU High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance has released a report calling for the EU to push the bloc's finance industry toward expanding its contribution to the global "sustainable development" agenda and to force finance leaders to consider environmental, social, and governance factors in their long-term strategic thinking.
UN Committee Outlines States' BHR Obligations

August 25, 2017

Human rights advocates Mary Mayenfisch-Tobin and Gabriela Quijano summarize a June general comment from the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights asserting that governments have obligations under international law to provide remedies for corporate violations of the business and human rights (BHR) agenda, including through prosecution of companies.
RB Joins Global Campaign Toward Tax Clampdown

August 25, 2017

In a victory for nongovernmental organization Oxfam's global pressure campaign toward reducing corporate tax "loopholes" to fund the global economic, social, and cultural rights agenda, consumer goods company RB has called on governments to introduce new rules clamping down on corporate tax avoidance.