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Jewelry, Watch Companies Face Demands for Reporting
April 24, 2018
Human Rights Watch has called on jewelry and watch companies participating in the Baselworld Fair in Switzerland to publicly disclose the source of materials in their products and perform impact assessments to help civil society activists determine whether they are associated with human rights violations and environmental damage.
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NGO Criticizes Lack of Reporting on Palm Oil
April 24, 2018
Greenpeace International has released a report criticizing consumer products companies for failing to take sufficient steps to publicly report on the steps they are taking to address environmental harm in their global palm oil supply chains as set out in a 2010 pledge to "eliminate deforestation" caused by palm oil sourcing by the year 2020.
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NGO Event Promotes Linking Trade Deals, Human Rights
April 24, 2018
The think tank Centre for International Governance Innovation recently hosted a conference to discuss the need for increased interaction between international trade and investment agreements and global human rights law, including through the inclusion in trade deals of provisions on settling human rights claims.
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UN Agencies Launch Initiatives on Women's "Empowerment"
April 23, 2018
The UN Global Compact and UN Women recently organized the inaugural Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Annual Forum and launched a WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool, an online platform aimed at pushing companies to address gender inequality and promote the broad concept of "women's empowerment" through their employment policies.
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UN-Backed Study Promotes Business Action on SDGs
April 23, 2018
The UN Global Compact and consulting firm Accenture Strategy have released a study signaling the unanimous support among UN officials for promoting public-private partnerships that would place pressure on businesses to help the international organization fulfill its comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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