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Academic Calls for Parent Company Liability for BHR Violations
February 22, 2016
Associate Professor Gwynne Skinner of Willamette University College of Law calls on the US Congress to pass a law that, in certain circumstances, permits alleged victims of business and human rights ("BHR") violations in poor countries to pursue the offender's parent company in the US for damages related to these violations.
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OECD Opens Consultation on Garment, Footwear Guidance
February 22, 2016
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has called for contributions to its consultation process on Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector, which will seek to pressure relevant companies to address human rights complaints in their complex, multinational supply chains.
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UK Plans Reporting on Gender Pay Gaps
February 22, 2016
The Independent reports that the British Government is planning a proposal that would require companies with over 250 employees to publish information on disparities in compensation between male and female employees and that would provide for a table that lists the "worst offenders."
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IOE Chief Highlights Complexity of Business Supply Chains
February 19, 2016
Secretary-General of the International Organization of Employers ("IOE") Linda Kromjong describes the complications of performing due diligence on often-complex supply chains and calls for support to companies seeking to fulfill supply-chain provisions of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
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GRI Forms Network to Push SDGs
February 19, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has announced a GOLD Community to gather businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and intergovernmental agencies that wish to further the UN's Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") through GRI's reporting techniques.
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