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Article: UN and National Measures Formalize BHR Regulation
January 06, 2016
Karin Buhmann of Copenhagen Business School writes that the public-law formalization by international organizations and national governments of measures on business and human rights ("BHR"), including the UN Guiding Principles on BHR, must be accompanied by "coherence in public law regulation" to ensure legal certainty and effective BHR regulation.
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World Bank Calls for Expansive Climate Action in Private Sector
January 06, 2016
The World Bank Group has issued a press release maintaining that the private sector must play an expansive role in funding efforts to counter climate change and highlighting a series of initiatives of World Bank Group member the International Finance Corporation to fund the UN's climate agenda, including through "green bonds" and support of a tax on carbon emissions.
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Colombian NGO Proposes Investment Provisions in NAP
January 06, 2016
The Investment and Human Rights Project ("IHRP") in Colombia has called on the country's government to include provisions in its upcoming national action plan ("NAP") on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") that require the formulation of a policy on foreign investment that ensures respect for the BHR agenda.
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Investor Coalition Pushes Corporate Climate Action
January 06, 2016
The Guardian reports that, in line with activist efforts to persuade businesses to move away from carbon-producing activities to counter global warming, insurance firm Aviva and a multinational group of investment funds recently formed a coalition to pressure large companies to phase out all use of fossil fuels in their operations.
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Paper Considers Advancement of BHR Agenda in China
January 06, 2016
A paper by Huang Zhong and Cheng Qian of Wuhan University considers efforts by the Chinese Government and companies to implement the global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda and concludes by calling for Chinese businesses to establish "internal systems" on access to justice to further remedies for alleged violations of BHR principles.
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