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GRI Seeks Expansion of Reporting Agenda to Small Businesses
May 11, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative has announced that it will use its partnership with the International Organisation of Employers to push its reporting standards on the UN's climate agreement and sustainability agenda among small and medium sized enterprises.
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British PM Seeks Global Anti-Corruption Agency
May 06, 2016
The Guardian reports that, at a summit on countering corruption hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron, the UK Government will push for the establishment of a global anti-corruption agency that would exchange information to help law enforcement authorities detect and prevent corruption and tax evasion.
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MEPs Seek Robust Non-Financial Reporting in EU Member States
May 05, 2016
Members of the European Parliament ("MEPs") Sergio Cofferati and Richard Howitt, who claim a role in the agreement of EU legislation that will require corporate reporting of social and environmental impacts, call for EU member states to go beyond the requirements of the Directive in imposing robust non-financial reporting requirements on businesses operating in their territory.
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NGO Publishes Palm Oil Product Guide
May 05, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Rainforest Foundation UK has published a guide for buyers that scores companies on their adherence to global "sustainability" standards in using "sustainable" palm oil in their consumer products.
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Attorney General Subpoenas Exxon's Contact with Civil Society
May 04, 2016
As a coordinated campaign continues among US state attorneys general to hold energy company ExxonMobil liable for allegedly false communications on the science of climate change, Attorney General of the US Virgin Islands Claude Walker has subpoenaed communications between Exxon and 90 organizations "engaged in research or advocacy" on global warming.
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