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GRI, IIRC Establish "Integrated Reporting" Group
January 19, 2017
The Global Reporting Initiative and the International Integrated Reporting Council have formed a "Corporate Leadership Group on integrated reporting" to communicate with companies on how to navigate the "sometimes confusing landscape" of global corporate reporting standards by integrating their disclosure on financial and "sustainability" issues.
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GRI, UN Form Group on Corporate SDG Reporting
January 19, 2017
The Global Reporting Initiative explains how it is forming a group of "leading businesses, reporting experts and data users" in cooperation with the UN Global Compact to develop principles of corporate reporting on the fulfillment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and permit businesses to "show leadership in their SDG performance."
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NGOs Explore Promotion of US BHR Action Plan
January 18, 2017
At a recent event at American University in Washington, D.C., a group of nongovernmental organizations considered how they can best promote the provisions of a recently released US National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct, in line with the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda, in light of the incoming Trump Administration.
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WHO Seeks Higher Taxes on Tobacco
January 18, 2017
As the UN agency continues to expand its focus on noncommunicable diseases and unhealthy -practices, the World Health Organization (WHO) has published a report calling on countries around the world to raise taxes on tobacco to increase government revenue and to deter people from using these products.
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UN Rights Chief Pushes BHR Agenda in Davos
January 18, 2017
On the occasion of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra-ad Al Hussein highlighted his office's attempts to use the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) as a comprehensive tool to pressure companies to contribute to nontraditional economic and social "human rights."
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