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GRI, IOE Sign Deal to Advance "Sustainability"
April 20, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") and the International Organisation of Employers ("IOE") have signed an agreement to collaborate on encouraging businesses to implement the UN's "sustainable development" agenda, including by pushing small and medium-sized companies to disclose their progress on sustainability.
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Ruggie Releases Report on FIFA's Human Rights Impacts
April 19, 2016
Harvard Professor John Ruggie has completed a report requested by the International Federation of Association Football ("FIFA") calling for FIFA to implement the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda in its own operations, including by developing an effective third-party complaint mechanism, and to use its influence with other entities to address their human rights risks.
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German Minister Pushes Global Governance on "Tax Havens"
April 18, 2016
In the wake of the "Panama Papers" financial information leak, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has called for global governance to stop "tax evasion" and for the development of a tax information exchange system that prevents banks from using foreign "tax havens" with little to no financial reporting requirements to store their funds.
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Kerry Pushes Business on Climate Action
April 18, 2016
As part of the Obama Administration's promotion of the UN's climate change agenda in the US private sector, US Secretary of State John Kerry recently called on businesses to go beyond regulatory requirements in countering climate change at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York.
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UN-backed Initiative Targets Businesswomen on Climate Change
April 18, 2016
The Guardian reports that a new, UN-supported initiative called "Two Degrees of Change" is calling on women in business leadership roles to promote the UN's climate change agenda on their corporate boards.
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