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ILO Sets up Labor Rights Program in Palestine
June 22, 2018
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder recently visited the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" to participate in a signing ceremony setting up a Palestinian Decent Work Programme for the years 2018 to 2022 aiming to encourage officials to strengthen labor rights and increase social protections for Palestinian workers.
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Businesses Join AI Global Governance Initiative
June 20, 2018
NS Tech reports that the Big Innovation Centre, a British think tank, has launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Global Governance Initiative with government stakeholders and businesses including IBM and KPMG with the aim of guiding global policy on AI development.
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NGO Demands Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence
June 13, 2018
The European Coalition for Corporate Justice has published a report listing the features national lawmakers must include in legislation mandating "comprehensive" corporate human rights due diligence addressing risks of violating "all relevant human rights and environmental standards" throughout global supply chains.
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ISO Issues Environmental Standards for Facility Managers
June 08, 2018
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently published a global standard indicating how facility-management companies must make their operations "effective, safe and sustainable," including by reducing their impacts on the environment.
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NGO Warns of BHR Impacts of Energy Transition
June 08, 2018
Radhika Shah and Phil Bloomer of the Business & Human Rights Resources Centre write that businesses, investors, and governments must engage in the "just" transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources in a way that respects the business and human rights (BHR) agenda for indigenous groups.
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