Weekly Update - 9 November 2016

• includes commitments by companies & calls by civil society to address human rights impacts of climate change
• govt. leaders believe Trump & USA will have difficulty pulling out of Paris Agreement
• we will continue to update this page throughout the next 2 weeks
• see also: Paris climate agreement entered into force - what is the next step?

(photo credit: COP22)

• briefing & interactive platform based on outreach to 50 companies; responses from 20 including DESA, Engie, Lake Turkana Wind Power, Sarawak Energy, Vestas
• with few exceptions, highlights lack of transparency, awareness & implementation of human rights responsibilities in the sector
• case studies demonstrate meaningful community consultation is possible & necessary
• blog: Five steps to ensure climate action does not harm human rights

Erika George, Univ. of Utah College of Law

• Development Manager, Europe (based in London, deadline 5 Dec)
• Development Officer (based in London or New York, deadline 23 Nov)

• full programme & speaker list
• follow our coverage on Twitter @BHRRC

Intl. Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF)

• we invited PepsiCo to respond - response provided

Inclusive Development Intl.

• we invited IFC to respond - response provided

Institute for Human Rights and Business

• briefing says companies that gather consumer data must conduct human rights due diligence

Zambia Natl. Broadcasting Corp. 

Sahara Reporters

Oil in Uganda

The Hill Times; iPolitics; Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability

Survival Intl.

Radio Free Asia

• we invited Carlsberg to respond - response provided

ICTI CARE

Caixin; Reuters

• Airbnb, Apple, LinkedIn among foreign companies reported to comply

Japan Times

Burma News Intl.

Nazdeek, Accountability Counsel; Promotion and Advancement of Justice, Harmony and Rights of Adivasis, and People’s Action for Development; CAO; Huffington Post

• we invited the firm's shareholders to respond - response provided by UBS Switzerland AG
• Cape View Capital, DE Shaw & Co, Petropavlovsk, Prudential, Sothic Capital European Opportunities Master Fund did not respond

Karin Buhmann, Copenhagen Business School, in The Business of Society (BOS)

• compares cases involving 2 Danish companies

Ziad Abdel Samad, Executive Director, Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), in LinkedIn

Al Jazeera

• legal training programme, inc. business & human rights (12 Nov-25 Mar, London)
• intl. conference on asbestos awareness & management (13-15 Nov, Adelaide)
• "2016 UN Forum on Business & Human Rights" (14-16 Nov, Geneva)
• managing risk of modern slavery in your supply chain (15 Nov, online)
• conference: sustainability standards in India (16 Nov, New Delhi)
• "10th Annual European Pro Bono Forum" (16-18 Nov, Amsterdam)
• using the OECD Guidelines to address corporate accountability (16 Nov, Budapest)
• public procurement & human rights workshop (17 Nov, Geneva)
• UN Guiding Principles - what lawyers, corps. & banks should know (17 Nov, Geneva)
• discussion on litigating against polluting companies (17 Nov, Brussels)

• Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (2 posts: Development Manager, Europe; Development Officer)
• Ethical Trading Initiative (Senior Policy & Advocacy Advisor)
• Fair Wear Foundation (Project Manager)
• Physicians for Human Rights (Budget & Grants Manager)
• Verisk Maplecroft (Senior Sustainability Analyst, Commodity Supply Chains)