Business & Human Rights

Oxfam Ranks Companies on Social and Environmental Impacts

October 22, 2014

The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has released an updated "scorecard" of the ten largest food companies, rating them on the basis of their commitments to internationally developed social and environmental standards in their operations.
U.K. Joins International Extractive Transparency Initiative

October 22, 2014

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ("EITI") has accepted the U.K.'s application to become a candidate country in the initiative, which will bind the Government to report the revenues it receives from oil, gas, and mineral companies and to require financial reporting from these companies.
Oxfam Blames "Toxic" Finance and Business for Climate Change

October 22, 2014

Oxfam has published a report blaming a "Toxic Triangle" of investors, governments, and businesses for cataclysmic effects of climate change it predicts by the year 2060, seeking the "climate proofing" of the global financial system and greater climate commitments from businesses to combat global warming.
BSR Guides Tech Companies on Online Human Rights

October 17, 2014

The nongovernmental organization BSR has released guidance seeking to push technology companies to engage with their vast number of users in order to avoid human rights violations.
Commentator Identifies UNGPs as Source of Legal CSR Obligations

October 17, 2014

In a chapter on corporate social responsibility ("CSR") in the extractive sector, Yousuf Aftab writes that concepts proliferated in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("UNGPs") and other international frameworks will place legal responsibilities on corporations to observe CSR in their operations.