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NGO Letter Reiterates Call for Clampdown on "Tax Havens"
May 11, 2016
In its bid to fund the economic, social, and cultural human rights agenda through tax revenue in developing countries, Oxfam has published a letter signed by more than 300 economists calling for large countries to crack down on the availability of low-tax jurisdictions to multinational corporations and others using them to store their funds.
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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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EU Court Ruling Sparks Drop in Business Carbon Permits
May 05, 2016
Bloomberg reports that carbon emissions permits for businesses operating in the EU have dropped precipitously since the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") issued a decision finding that the European Commission had issued too many permits since an expansion of the carbon program in 2013 and requiring it to correct errors in its calculation of free allowances.
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