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NGOs Decry "Inadequate" UK Action on BHR Violations
April 07, 2016
In a recent petition, the nongovernmental organizations Amnesty International and CORE call on the British Government to grant its National Contact Point ("NCP") under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises more authority to punish corporations, including through criminal sanctions, these NGOs accuse of violating the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.
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NGO Launches UNGP Reporting Database
April 07, 2016
Nongovernmental organization Shift has developed a UN Guiding Principles ("UNGP") Reporting Database in which it compile information from corporate websites and reports relating to their implementation of the UN's business and human rights agenda.
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Lawyers Take up BHR Agenda
April 06, 2016
Marialuisa Taddia writes that, facing pressure from UN agencies and activists to counsel clients to implement global business and human rights ("BHR") principles, lawyers and law firms are finding opportunities to carve out lucrative BHR practices but are also encountering challenges in adapting their own business practices to meet the demands of the agenda.
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UN Pushes Sustainability Reporting by Small Companies
April 06, 2016
The UN Global Compact has announced an initiative through which it will support efforts by companies with fewer than 250 employees in publicly reporting their progress in implementing the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.
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NGOs Call for G7 Follow-up on BHR Agenda
April 06, 2016
Praising leaders of past Group of Seven ("G7") summits for addressing the implementation of the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda, a group of nongovernmental organizations is calling for Japan, as the current G7 chair, to ensure that the next summit includes a discussion of BHR issues, including supply chain standards and adoption of BHR national action plans.
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