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NGO Agrees to Develop BHR Action Plan for Mexico
April 21, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Danish Institute for Human Rights has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas to develop a National Programme on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") that implements UN and other global BHR standards among businesses operating in the country.
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Exxon Strikes Back Against Legal Pressure over Climate Science
April 21, 2016
The New York Times reports that, facing investigations from US state attorneys general and allegations from activist organizations that it knew of the climate change risks of its activities since 1957, energy company Exxon Mobil has struck back against a court filing by the US Virgin Islands attorney general by asserting that the filing constituted an abuse of process.
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IFC, Puma Push Suppliers on Environmental, Social Standards
April 21, 2016
The International Finance Corporation ("IFC") and sports apparel company Puma have launched an initiative providing financial incentives for companies in Puma's supply chain to abide by global social and environmental standards.
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NGO: Dutch Companies Violated Global Standards in Suez Project
April 21, 2016
The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations has published a report accusing Dutch companies involved in a recent project to widen and deepen the Suez Canal of failing to abide by "international social and environmental standards," including those promulgated by the UN and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD").
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International Organizations Advance Global Governance of Taxation
April 20, 2016
As efforts to form an international tax system that limits the availability of so-called "tax havens" to businesses and individuals ramps up, the UN, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and World Bank Group have formed a Platform for Collaboration on Tax that will focus on global governance solutions to such taxation issues.
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