Business & Human Rights

US Companies Announce Investments in UN Climate Agenda

July 29, 2015

As pressure from environmental activists, international organizations, and the US government for business implementation of the UN climate change agenda ramps up, a group of US companies has joined a pledge produced by the US State Department committing financial and operational support for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
EU Considers Binding BHR Reporting Proposal

July 29, 2015

Consultancy EcoVadis has published a blog post discussing support from activists and the French Government for a proposal in the European Parliament that seeks mandatory corporate reporting on business and human rights ("BHR") issues for companies throughout the EU.
FIFA Implements BHR Standards in Bidding Process

July 29, 2015

In response to charges of widespread corruption, the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Association Football ("FIFA") has announced a series of reforms, including a mandate that contractual World Cup partners and businesses in their supply chains comply with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR").
Campaign Seeks World Court to Enforce BHR Treaty

July 29, 2015

A submission from the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity to a UN working group developing a treaty on business and human rights ("BHR") issues calls for a wide-ranging treaty that would provide for corporate and executive criminal liability and establish a World Court on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights to rule on alleged violations.
Activists Seek Global Monitoring of Development Partnerships

July 29, 2015

A document from a group of nongovernmental organizations calls for the integration of international business and human rights standards in the UN's post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals and pushes countries to grant authority to a global body to monitor partnerships made with businesses to advance the UN's development agenda.