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UN Rights Observers Target Blackstone over Housing “Rights”
March 27, 2019
The asset management firm Blackstone Group has criticized as inaccurate a report from UN human rights mandate holders accusing it and other companies with real estate holdings of violating the global human right to “adequate housing” by raising the price of property and evicting tenants who fail to pay rent.
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ISO Publishes Guidelines on “Human-Centred” Workplace
March 20, 2019
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published global guidelines calling on businesses and other organizations to maintain a “human-centred” workplace model by taking on the challenges technologies like artificial intelligence pose to employment in a “sustainable” way.
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US Opposes "Prescriptive" Global Approach to Plastics Regulation
March 18, 2019
At the recent UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, US diplomats warned against an overly “prescriptive” approach to global governance of plastic waste, opposing the approach proposed by Malaysia and Turkey of creating a legally binding treaty to cut down on plastic production.
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UN Report Calls for “Gender Mainstreaming” in Plastics Policies
March 14, 2019
Three reports recently published by the UN Environment Programme include global guidelines on how governments and international organizations should monitor and measure plastic pollution in the ocean and a call for “gender mainstreaming” in developing anti-plastic pollution policies.
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UN Report Blames Extractives, Farming for Environmental Crisis
March 14, 2019
The UN Environment Programme has released a report fingering “extraction of materials” - including mining and farming - as the “chief culprit” in a range of environmental problems that, according to the acting head of the UN agency, may mean “there will be no tomorrow for many people.”
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