Dec 10, 2019 Corporate Human Rights Benchmark 2019: results and plans for expansion By Elizabeth Forster The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark has published its key findings for 2019. It reports improvement among the ‘original’ 100 companies,...
Dec 10, 2019 International Day of Human Rights – 10 Dec 2019 By Michael Quayle Boris Kasolowsky Paul Bowden Timothy Wilkins +1 more... Show less "...the inherent dignity and... the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice...
Dec 09, 2019 ICC Task Force predicts climate change related disputes will increase exponentially By Amanda Neil Melissa Conway Emma Roberts The global response to climate change will involve the transformation of energy, land, urban, infrastructure and industrial systems, and...
Nov 29, 2019 UN Global Forum on Business and Human Rights, day three: human rights, climate change and mediation as an access to remedy By Marlen Vesper-Gräske Iris Hammerschmid Day three of this year's Forum focused on the crossover between human rights and climate change, the use of mediation to resolve...
Nov 27, 2019 UN Global Forum on Business and Human Rights: day two - the role of policy, investment agreements and private standards in improving outcomes on the ground By Iris Hammerschmid Mina Aryobsei Day 2 of this year’s Forum saw calls for a ‘smart mix’ of business and human rights regulation in domestic law, suggestions for...
Nov 26, 2019 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights 2019: Day 1 - EU-wide legislative ambitions and lessons from the anti-corruption context By Marius Scherb Marlen Vesper-Gräske The world’s foremost summit on business and human rights kicked off in Geneva yesterday with some novel suggestions on how to turn the...
Oct 11, 2019 The UK takes steps to eradicate modern slavery in government supply chains By Elizabeth Forster Last month the UK government published guidance to help public authorities identify and mitigate the risks of modern slavery in their...
Sep 17, 2019 EU Commission’s tax policy 2019 – 2024: what can we expect? By Nikolaas Van Robbroeck The start of a new European Commission also means setting new political priorities in the EU tax field. As the European Commission is...
Aug 29, 2019 Brussels to determine framework for green investment standards over the next months By Christiaan Smits Mathias Lehner These are special times in Brussels policy circles. With a new European Commission due to take office and a new European Parliament that...
Aug 21, 2019 Taking stock of corporate social responsibility in Switzerland By Iris Hammerschmid Marlen Vesper-Gräske By: Mina Aryobsei, Iris Hammerschmid, Marius Scherb and Marlen Vesper-Gräske In Switzerland, calls for a law to hold corporations liable...
Jul 22, 2019 Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Law adds to growing global body of corporate human rights legislation By Elizabeth Forster On 14 May 2019, the Dutch Senate took a historic step by adopting the Child Labour Due Diligence Law (Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid) and –...
Jul 05, 2019 Sustainability linked loans move into the leveraged market By Toby Bingley Spanish telecoms company MasMovil has become the first borrower to include a sustainability linked loan in a leveraged loan package. The...