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UN Signs up Companies to Climate Targets
December 30, 2015
The UN Global Compact has announced that 114 companies, including Coca-Cola, Walmart, and Kellogg, have signed on to its Science-Based Targets Initiative, which sets corporate greenhouse-gas emissions targets to limit global warming to a rise of two degrees celsius, and has launched a platform to measure emissions data reported by businesses.
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GRI Furthers US Corporate Reporting Through Roundtables
December 29, 2015
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") is pushing reporting on the implementation of the UN's "sustainability" agenda by US businesses by establishing a "GOLD Roundtables Program" comprised of meetings in Atlanta and San Francisco among business leaders who will learn GRI's reporting techniques.
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Law Organizations Seek out BHR Treaty Options
December 29, 2015
An article from Professors Anita Ramasastry of the University of Washington School of Law and Doug Cassel of Notre Dame Law School, requested by the American Bar Association and the Law Society of England and Wales, considers various options for a global binding treaty on business and human rights ("BHR").
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UN Presses for Business Action at Climate Forum
December 29, 2015
The UN Global Compact has announced a slew of climate-change-related commitments it drew from businesses at its annual "Caring for Climate Business Forum" during the recent UN climate talks in Paris, including pledges from investment firms to include climate-change information in their reports.
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UN Calls for "Mainstreaming" Climate Principles in Finance
December 28, 2015
The UN's World Bank has announced that twenty-six financial institutions from around the world have signed on to a set of principles that push the finance industry to "mainstream" climate action in their operations, including by "accounting" for the actions these institutions take to counter climate change.
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