Business & Human Rights

  • UN Climate Deal Supporters Call for Radical Economic Change

    April 26, 2016

    At a recent conference in Oxford, proponents of the UN's "sustainable development" agenda and recently agreed deal on climate change argued that, through measures such as a tax on carbon emissions and pressure to divest from fossil fuels, governments and businesses must rapidly transform the global economy in order to achieve the environmental movement's goals.

  • WWF Pushes Sustainability Standards for Consumer Goods in Asia

    April 26, 2016

    The nongovernmental organization WWF has published a guide for Asian companies dealing in "fast moving consumer goods" on how to implement the UN's sustainability agenda through international supply-chain and environmental standards.

  • NGO Responds to Apple Report with Packaging Critique

    April 26, 2016

    Greenpeace's response to technology company Apple's annual Environmental Progress Report praises the company on its greenhouse gas emissions pledges but criticizes the company for reliance on what the nongovernmental organization considers the wrong global standards for sourcing sustainable packaging.

  • NGO Criticizes EU Investment Court Proposal

    April 26, 2016

    The nongovernmental organization Transnational Institute has published a report arguing that the investment court system EU officials are proposing as part of trade deal negotiations with Canada and the US, like the investor state dispute settlement system used in previous deals, permits corporations to interfere with legitimate government regulations.

  • OECD Calls for Consequences for Low Tax Transparency

    April 26, 2016

    A report issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") calls on Group of 20 ("G20") countries to consider developing "defensive measures" against governments that do not implement the OECD's global standards on the exchange of tax information.

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