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UN Considers Diversion of Bank Funds to "Green" Projects
January 28, 2015
The UN Environment Programme has published a report seeking the re-purposing of a portion of banks' financial assets toward initiatives that support the UN's environmental agenda, including through financial regulation and a "green quantitative easing" mechanism.
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World Bank Pushes Purchase of "Green Bonds"
January 28, 2015
The World Bank has published an article seeking support for "green bonds," issued by the World Bank and other development banks to support projects that are aligned with the UN's environmental agenda.
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UN Targets Business Leaders in Sustainability Push
January 28, 2015
The UN Global Compact has posted an article on a recent meeting in Davos, Switzerland between UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and business executives in which the Secretary-General pressed attendees to contribute to the success of the UN's sustainability and climate agenda.
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NGO Pushes "Country by Country" Financial Reporting
January 28, 2015
Amid calls for an investigation of alleged Luxembourg tax breaks for the company Amazon, the nongovernmental organization ("NGO") Transparency International argues that such an investigation could have been avoided if the EU had adopted a "country by country" financial reporting requirement for companies.
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Professor Seeks Global Corporate Regulation Framework
January 28, 2015
Spanish Professor Juan Hernandez Zubizarreta has published a paper calling for an "International Peoples Treaty" that legally prohibits companies from engaging in violations of the international business and human rights agenda and creates a global corporate regulator and court.
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