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Lawyer: Due Diligence Is Path to Corporate Responsibility
September 16, 2015
An article by Marie Wilke of WTI Advisors explores the world of multiplying, complex laws and standards under which companies make due diligence efforts to ensure that their supply chains are "responsible" and identifies such due diligence as the best path to countering social and environmental harm by businesses.
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NGO Pushes for Climate Disclosure by Food Companies
September 16, 2015
Frances Way of environmental data-collecting organization CDP has called for food, beverage, and tobacco corporations to publicly disclose how much their operations and the operations of producers in their supply chains add to worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and thus contribute to warming the planet.
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NGO Seeks Procurement Reforms in US NAP
September 16, 2015
In a submission to the US government relating to its development of a "National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct," the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable calls for inclusion in the plan of federal procurement reform, including independent monitoring of procurement practices and transparency in government supply chains.
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GRI Program Trains Businesses on Reporting
September 16, 2015
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") describes how it pushes companies to begin reporting on their implementation of international activists' "sustainability" agenda through its "Business Transparency Program."
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GRI Places Pressure on Companies over Development Goals
September 16, 2015
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has called on businesses to use its reporting mechanisms in order to advance the implementation of the UN's recently proposed Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), set to be adopted in September, and has announced that it will track corporate progress on achieving the SDGs.
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