Business & Human Rights

AI Seeks Stronger World Bank Rights Safeguards

August 03, 2016

An Amnesty International press release criticizes the World Bank's newly proposed environmental and social safeguard policy for not including binding language on respecting human rights and for not going far enough in protecting what it identifies as the human rights of indigenous communities in its funding of businesses and development projects.
CIGI Article Reviews National Sustainability Reporting

August 03, 2016

An article from the Centre for International Governance Innovation reviews national differences in corporate reporting requirements on "sustainability" and the risks of climate change for the use of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures as it develops a global "sustainability reporting" standard.
Article Seeks Climate Policy Pressure on Small Businesses

August 03, 2016

Sarah Burch, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, writes that the Canadian government should focus on the resources of small businesses throughout the country to meet its pledges under the UN climate deal agreed in Paris last year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
UN Global Compact Launches Philippines Network

August 03, 2016

The UN Global Compact's launch of a local network in the Philippines and support for the publication of the "Philippines Vision 2040," which sets out how the country plans to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals, underscores the focus of the global organization on pressuring local businesses and officials to help fulfill the UN's sustainability agenda.
Total Uses BHR Reporting Framework in Briefing

August 02, 2016

French energy company Total has published a "Human Rights Briefing Paper" to show how it is meeting global business and human rights standards, in line with the UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework created by nongovernmental organization Shift and consultancy Mazars.