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UN Initiatives Target Young Professionals on SDGs
February 06, 2019
The UN Global Compact is launching two initiatives using “action learning workshops” to teach young professionals to influence their companies’ business models in a manner that contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and recognizing young entrepreneurs who do so.
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ISO Releases Standard on “Sustainable” Tourist Accommodations
February 06, 2019
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a new global standard, as part of its promotion of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, guiding tourist accommodation facilities on how to implement “sustainability management systems” to protect human rights and the environment in their operations.
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NGOs Call on Finland to Advance UNGPs in EU Bodies
February 06, 2019
A group of nongovernmental organizations has called on the Finnish government to use its time holding the rotating presidency of the EU Council to pursue the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) at the EU level, in particular by imposing “human rights due diligence” requirements on businesses across the bloc.
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NGOs Use Benchmarking to Prod Companies on Supply Chains
February 06, 2019
A press release from the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility praising apparel companies for high rankings in an annual supply chain benchmarking report shows how activist groups are successfully using a carrot-and-stick technique to persuade companies to respect the business and human rights (BHR) agenda.
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US Judge Dismisses Lawsuit on Chocolate Supply Chains
February 06, 2019
Reuters reports that a federal US judge has dismissed two class action lawsuits targeting companies Nestle and Hershey with claims of false advertising over the companies’ failure to disclose on their food and drink labels the use of child and forced labor in their African supply chains.
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