BPSD, together with the UN Technology Facilitation Mechanism, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, and others has organized an event on "COVID-19 vaccines: scientific advances, access models and vaccination acceptance". Join experts to discuss the following questions: What is the status of scientific […]
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is organizing a series of online SDG Action Labs on the margins of the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) and in the run-up to the UN General Assembly meeting in September. These virtual interactive discussions will showcase pioneering business leaders taking bold action to mobilize resources towards stabilizing the economy, rebuilding societies and […]
10th Annual Pacific Rim Tax Institute will be held July 20-21, 2020 at the Pullman Hotel Redwood Shores, CA. The theme will be Pillars of International Business Taxation: Executing and Administering Session topics will include: OECD’s Pillars I and II: New Profit Allocation, Nexus, Tax Treaties, Minimum Tax, TFDE Study etc.; International Structuring/ Re-Structuring; EU Disclosure Documentation (DAC6); Inter-Government Cooperation; […]
There will be an informal substantive consultation on options for follow up towards a proposed Global Pact for the Environment from July 21-23, 2020. Additional details on the consultation can be found enclosed and here. Registration details will be shared on June 29, 2020. Major Groups and Stakeholders are invited to review the relevant documents and submit written input before […]
USCIB President and CEO Peter Robinson will be joined by other leading industry experts at the Jumpstart American Jobs event “Sold. Separately.” Reserve your spot today at Jumpstartjobs.org. About the Jumpstart American Jobs Series As millions of Americans begin to emerge from this pandemic-induced hibernation, the economic landscape around them will be dramatically different. Just as American employers led the way […]
USCIB's Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Labor Affairs will host a conversation with UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights members Dante Pesce and Anita Ramasastry. Next year (2021) will be the 10-year anniversary of the unanimous adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Pesce and Ramasastry will present […]
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (UNWG) on the UNGPs 10 Year Project. UNWG members and project co-leads, Dante Pesce and Anita Ramasastry, will begin the webinar with an overview of the project’s goals and planned outputs before opening up the discussion for member comments. When: Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 29th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST RSVP: […]
USCIB VP for CR and Labor Affairs Gabriella Rigg Herzog will moderate a panel during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event on the role businesses play in detecting and eliminating forced labor. The event will begin with a keynote from Robert A. Destro, U.S. Department of State, on forced labor in China. Marcia Eugenio, U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), […]
July 30th is the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will hold an online event featuring senior speakers including from State Department, USTR, Department of Homeland Secuirty, and Department of Labout on key forced labor issues. https://uscib.org/event/us-chamber-of-commerce-virtual-event-on-eliminating-forced-labor/
Conversation with the U.S. State Department on how U.S. business can use U.S. Embassy human rights officers and labor officers as resources in their work in country; anything from supply chain issues in country, liaising with the host government, protecting human rights defenders, as well as a host of other issues. Presented by Lynn Sicade, Director, Office of Multilateral and Global […]