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UN Event Seeks Public-Private Action on SDG Finance
August 03, 2018
Government and industry participants in a UN-hosted event on national action plans for fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) called for officials and investors to cooperate to ensure private investments are aligned with government SDG plans, aiming to push private finance toward more “sustainable” initiatives.
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NGO Calls for Corporate SDG Action to Prioritize BHR Agenda
August 03, 2018
A report from nongovernmental organization Shift provides examples of companies prioritizing the business and human rights (BHR) agenda in their strategies to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), showing businesses how they must properly meld the UN’s BHR and SDG agendas into a comprehensive course of action.
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EU Parliament Adopts Resolution on Indigenous Rights, Business Conduct
August 03, 2018
The Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization highlights its contribution to a resolution recently adopted by the European Parliament calling on EU bodies and EU member states to protect the rights of indigenous peoples across the globe through measures including considering indigenous rights impacts of trade deals and corporate liability for foreign conduct.
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NGOs Seek Robust Labor Reporting Mandates in Australia
August 03, 2018
In response to advisory committee recommendations on the creation of modern slavery reporting requirements in Australia, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations has called for stronger mandates on what companies must report in relation to their anti-slavery efforts, rules for how they make these reports public, and fines for non-compliant companies.
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NGOs Call for EU Support of Binding BHR Treaty Talks
August 03, 2018
A group of nongovernmental organizations has published an open letter calling on EU institutions and members to cease their “obstruction” of the intergovernmental negotiation of a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) and participate in the formation of a treaty that, among other things, creates an international mechanism to deal with BHR cases.
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