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Church Investors Pressure Companies on Social, Climate Policies
March 07, 2019
The BBC reports that a faith-oriented pension-fund membership organization called the Church Investors Group is pressuring companies to reform their social and environmental policies on issues including gender equality, tax and wage transparency, and climate action.
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NGO Issues Global Guidance on Migrant Worker Rights
March 07, 2019
The Institute for Human Rights and Business has published three briefings for businesses around the world on international legal standards relating to employing migrant workers, focusing on pay, housing, and the right to organize.
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“Abidjan Principles” Call for Regulation of Private Education
March 07, 2019
A group of UN agents, academics, and nongovernmental organization representatives have announced their adoption of the “Abidjan Principles,” a set of global guidelines outlining the authors’ vision of the state’s duty to provide free, public education and impose regulations on private education initiatives.
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NGO Creates Online Tool for Human Rights in Tourism
March 07, 2019
The Roundtable Human Rights in Tourism has created an online “Get Started” Tool guiding companies operating in the tourism industry how to embed global human rights principles in their operations and their “value chain.”
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Critics of UK “Gender Pay Gap” Reporting Call for Sanctions
March 07, 2019
The Guardian reports that the alleged failures of businesses to accurately report, as required by UK law, the difference in pay between male and female employees are spurring politicians and nongovernmental organizations to call for stricter reporting requirements and sanctioning of employers.
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