Business & Human Rights

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.
UEFA Embeds BHR Principles in Bidding Process

August 03, 2017

The human rights activist coalition Sports and Rights Alliance has praised the decision of European soccer's governing body UEFA to embed business and human rights (BHR) principles into their bidding requirements for major sporting events by pledging to consider compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on BHR as part of the bidding process.
US Activists Target New Sectors in Carbon Fight

August 03, 2017

Time reports that, while the energy sector usually receives the most attention in climate change debates, some US-based environmental activists are arguing that government regulation should begin targeting other carbon-producing sectors such as transportation, manufacturing, and agriculture to reach global warming targets set by the UN's 2015 Paris Agreement.