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EU Parliament Calls for Controls on Drug Pricing
March 16, 2017
In a recent resolution expressing concern regarding rising drug prices in the EU, the European Parliament calls for EU legislation aiming "to rebalance the negotiating power of EU member states compared to that of the pharmaceutical industry" and to introduce "effective controls" on corporate procedures used to determine drug prices.
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EU Investment Tribunal Reform Fails to Satisfy Activists
March 16, 2017
A recent consultation by the European Commission on its plans to replace "investor-state dispute settlement" systems in future trade deals with a Multilateral Investment Court, aimed at replacing ad hoc decision-making with a permanent dispute-settlement structure, signaled disappointment with the lack of ambitious reform in the EU proposal.
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Shipping Industry Prefers UN to EU Emissions Solution
March 16, 2017
The website Climate Home reports that the maritime industry is criticizing the European Parliament's call to include ships in the EU's regional Emissions Trading System beginning in 2023 to reduce emissions from the shipping sector, advocating instead for a global solution regulating emissions from the UN's International Maritime Organization.
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UN Agents Link Emissions to Rights Agenda
March 16, 2017
Demonstrating the increasing linkage by UN officials and observers of the global environmental agenda with business and human rights, a group of UN human rights mandate holders has published a call for countries to ensure "corporate accountability" in reducing air pollution to protect the human right to health.
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NGO Benchmarks Companies on BHR Issues
March 15, 2017
The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark has released its first report rating efforts by individual companies in the agricultural, apparel, and extractives sectors to implement the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda and calling for these businesses to do more to advance BHR due diligence, transparency, and responses to allegations.
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