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NGO: FIFA Must Pressure Qatar on Anti-LGBT Policies
August 08, 2018
Human Rights Watch has called on the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to threaten to pull the 2022 World Cup out of Qatar if the country’s government fails to end censorship of foreign media relating to LGBT rights and repeal its laws criminalizing same-sex relations.
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UNGC, GRI Guide Companies on SDG Reporting
August 08, 2018
The UN Global Compact (UNGC) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have published global guidance on how companies should embed the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their social and environmental reporting to investors and to the public.
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Framework Targets Labor Risks in Seafood Supply Chains
August 08, 2018
A group of consultants and civil society representatives has published a five-point framework, called the Labor Safe Screen, for use by food businesses around the world to determine whether their complex, global seafood supply chains are tainted by forced labor and labor safety issues.
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L’Oréal Adopts UN LGBTI Business Standards
August 08, 2018
Cosmetics company L’Oréal has announced its support of the UN LGBTI Standards of Conduct for Business, joining a growing number of large companies that have adopted the global guidelines for businesses on how to avoid discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Lloyds Ceases Funding for New Coal Plants
August 08, 2018
The Economic Times reports that the UK’s Lloyds Banking Group has joined the ranks of Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC, along with other financial institutions responding to pressure from the UN and environmental activist groups, in halting funding for new coal-fired power stations and thermal coal mines to contribute to the fulfillment of the UN’s Paris climate accord.
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