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EU Ministers Agree to Clamp-down on Corporate Tax
February 24, 2017
The Washington Post reports that, as part of the EU institutions' campaign for "fairer taxation" of multinational corporations, and in an attempt to buoy government tax revenues, EU finance ministers have agreed on Europe-wide legislation to prevent businesses from using diverging tax rates between EU countries and countries outside the bloc to reduce their tax bills.
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Academic Explores US "Corporate Citizenship" Policies
February 24, 2017
An article by Mark Anthony Camilleri of the University of Malta catalogs US regulations and policies on "corporate citizenship" and describes how the US and nongovernmental organizations "are pushing forward the social responsibility, environmental sustainability as well as the responsible corporate governance agenda" in America.
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US Group Pushes Market-Friendly Carbon Tax
February 24, 2017
Demonstrating the extensive reach of proposals to achieve the global climate change agenda, a senior conservative group in the US, led by former Secretary of State James Baker, is meeting with White House officials to propose a tax on greenhouse gas emissions as part of a strategy to combat global warming through market-oriented measures.
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UN Rights Office Delays Settlements Database
February 23, 2017
Reuters reports that the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has deferred the release of a report on creating a database, labeled by critics as a "blacklist," of companies with ties to Israeli settlements on so-called "occupied" Palestinian land.
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NGOs Seek Business Acceptance of SDG Standards
February 23, 2017
The nongovernmental organizations WWF and ISEAL have published a report calling for businesses to use "multi-stakeholder standards" to manage their social and environmental impacts and contribute to the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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