NEW YORK, Oct. 11 (TNStalk) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary: * * * Japan's New Rights Guidelines Could Help Clean Up Car Industry By Jim Wormington, Senior Researcher and Advocate New Japanese government guidelines on business and human rights mean that Japan's car industry should accelerate efforts to clean up their supply chains. Japan's carmakers are gradually embracing the transition to electric vehicles, which could help shrink the country's destructive climate fo  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Collective efforts of companies, rating providers and regulators could enhance rating consistency and transparency * * * Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors are increasingly applied to better understand a company's growth opportunities, material risk and sustainability levels. However, ESG ratings have also been seen as a gimmick, given that i  more

SELINSGROVE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 11 (TNSjou) -- Susquehanna University issued the following news: New research published in the American Society for Microbiology's journal Microbiology Spectrum identifies the importance of microbes when investigating the impact of unconventional oil and gas extraction (hydraulic fracturing or fracking) on watersheds. "We found that when you look at microbial fingerprints in streams, they can tell you whether that waterway has been impacted by unconventional oil  more