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NGO Database Pushes “Sustainability” Through BHR Agenda
December 13, 2018
The Danish Institute for Human Rights recently launched a database pushing businesses to align their operations with the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda by providing examples of how corporate BHR implementation contributed to the comprehensive targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Official Warns of Global Warming as Human Rights Threat
December 12, 2018
Reflecting long-standing calls from nongovernmental organizations to jumpstart the corporate “climate action” agenda by linking it to human rights and sustainable development, UN Global Compact Executive Director Lise Kingo identifies global warming as a “new man-made threat” to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Mining, Metals Industry Body Requires Adherence to UNGPs
December 12, 2018
In November, the International Council on Mining & Metals, a global industry body promoting “safe, fair and sustainable” practices in the mining and metals industry, became the first such body to require member companies to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).
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Italy Publishes Five-Year BHR Action Plan
December 12, 2018
The Italian government recently published its first National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (BHR), for the years 2016 through 2021, as “an instrument to move towards the new needs of interaction between human rights and the economic dimension,” as outlined in the UN Guiding Principles on BHR.
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China Requires Tech Firms to Report on Logging of User Data
December 10, 2018
Al Jazeera reports that, in a move likely to reignite controversy regarding cooperation between Western technology firms and the Chinese government, the country’s Cyberspace Administration is requiring new “assessment reports” from internet platforms showing they are logging accurate details of their users.
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