Business & Human Rights

Paper Calls for Financial Platform for Climate Reporting

August 14, 2017

A paper from the Centre for International Governance Innovation calls for Canadian financial institutions to "step into the breach" created by the inaction of the Group of 20 countries (G20) on global warming by helping to create a new international platform for cooperation on the reporting of "climate-related financial risk and green finance opportunities."
ISO Updates Standard on Clean Energy

August 14, 2017

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) organized a workshop at the intergovernmental Clean Energy Ministerial in June to update and strengthen its global standard on energy management systems pressuring businesses and other organizations to pursue action on climate change by reducing their energy use.
NGOs Push for Human Rights Reform in Trade Deals

August 11, 2017

The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable and the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations have published a paper calling for the reform of the "investor-state dispute settlement" system model, present in nearly all modern trade deals, to provide for accountability under the global human rights and environmental agendas.
NGOs Provide Corporate Guidance on Forced Labor Law

August 11, 2017

A group of nongovernmental organizations has published four briefings providing guidance for companies on complying with requirements under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 to report efforts to end forced labor, including by providing a "robust" statement on "due diligence" efforts companies make to detect and address rights violations in their global supply chains.
NGOs Call for EU Mandates on BHR in Finance Sector

August 11, 2017

A coalition of nongovernmental organizations has called on the EU to use its completion of the so-called "Capital Markets Union" to impose new regulations on the financial sector requiring broad "environmental, social, and governance" action, including public reporting, due diligence, and redress mechanisms in line with the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda.