On the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June 2021, drawing from IPS’s bank of features and opinion editorials published this year, we are re-publishing one article a day, for the next two weeks.
The original article was published on January 4 2021
Contamination of rivers and streams by mine waste in the vicinity of the Panguna copper mine in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Catherine Wilson
CANBERRA, Australia, Jan 4 2021 (IPS) – Local communities in the vicinity of the abandoned Panguna copper mine, have taken decisive action to hold the global mining multinational, Rio Tinto, accountable for alleged environmental and human rights violations during the mine’s operations between 1972 and 1989.
An EU-wide sustainability reporting standard has been proposed by the European Commission ahead of a possible new international reporting standard on sustainability. The EU proposals.
Développement
24 March 2011, Washington D.C.
Dear Nancy, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my great pleasure to be here, at the Centre for Global Development, together with my dear friend and colleague Nancy Birdsall. Being a member of the Board of the CGD is a badge of honor I wear with great pride.
Nancy is not only a friend and one of my heroes, she is also a regular of the OECD, where she visited only last year to give a fascinating presentation on the Cash on Delivery Aid approach developed by the Centre.
Allow me to focus on a critical issue for our Organisation: its role in the new international architecture. This is also a great opportunity to discuss some of our perspectives on the new architecture of global governance more generally.
Amidst the trend towards mandatory due diligence, the Bangladesh Accord model should not be abandoned
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Amidst the trend towards mandatory due diligence, the Bangladesh Accord model should not be abandoned
The beginning of the previous decade marked an important milestone for business and human rights. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) were adopted in 2011, introducing the concept of âhuman rights due diligenceâ. During that same period, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (OECD Guidelines) were revised, incorporating this same due diligence concept. To date, these two international principles and guidelines form the basis of the international standards expected from businesses throughout their operations and supply chains. On the ten-year anniversary of the UNGPs and revised OECD Guidelines, however, one of their most effective examples of human rights
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