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ISO Standard Aims for Global Emissions Reduction
July 26, 2018
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a global standard aiming to help fulfill the UN’s Paris climate agreement and Sustainable Development Goals by providing a common framework for governments and businesses to consider policies for greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
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Academic Questions Global Impact of “Social Bonds”
July 26, 2018
Professor David Kinley of Sydney University writes that, while “social bonds, which seek to encourage investment in “socially responsible” activity, are making an impact on global bond markets, they have so far failed to realize a substantial “halo effect” that leads to “sustainable” investing in other areas of these markets.
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Dutch Insurers Sign “Social Responsibility” Agreement
July 26, 2018
As part of a broad initiative to bind Dutch industries to global social and environmental standards, a group of Dutch insurers has signed an agreement with nongovernmental organizations, the Dutch government, and others to engage in “socially responsible investing” and to avoid financing negative impacts to the environment.
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Google Accounts for Human Rights Agenda in AI Principles
July 25, 2018
Under pressure from an activist community increasingly calling for a human rights focus in the development of artificial-intelligence (AI) technologies, tech giant Google has developed a set of AI principles restricting the use of this technology to contravene “widely accepted principles of international law and human rights.”
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UNHRC Requests Guidance for National Institutions on BHR Remedies
July 25, 2018
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted a resolution calling on the UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) issues to study how national human rights institutions can facilitate access to remedy for alleged victims of corporate abuses of the BHR agenda.
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