Business & Human Rights

  • ILO Seeks Role in Global Governance of Supply Chains

    June 09, 2016

    The UN's International Labour Organization has published a report on how it can best contribute to the global governance of and international standards on global corporate supply chains in order to fill gaps in their worldwide regulation.

  • GRI Conference Pushes Human Rights Reporting

    June 09, 2016

    At its 5th Global Conference, the Global Reporting Initiative hosted a discussion linking the UN's sustainability agenda and corporate human rights reporting standards and agreed to partner with the Danish Institute on Human Rights to push for national action plans on the UN's business and human rights agenda that include human rights and sustainability reporting.

  • Companies Face Complex Array of Reporting Policies

    June 09, 2016

    A report released by the UN Environment Programme, KPMG International, the Global Reporting Initiative, and the Centre for Corporate Governance in Africa shows the expanding effect of the encouragement of corporate reporting policies around the world but highlights the difficulties of businesses in navigating a complex array of competing reporting standards.

  • GRI Conference Focuses on Business Climate Data

    June 09, 2016

    At a recent conference hosted by the Global Reporting Initiative, speakers called for a new global framework pushing comprehensive corporate disclosure of risks associated with moving away from greenhouse gas emissions and countering climate change.

  • EU Council Adopts Tax Reporting Rules

    June 09, 2016

    The EU's European Council has adopted rules proposed by the European Commission to require multinational companies to report their financial information on a country-by-country basis and mandating the automatic exchange of this information by EU member states in order to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance.

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