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GRI Launches Registration System for Corporate Reporting
March 30, 2018
As the organization seeks to further standardize the worldwide use of its corporate reporting standards, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched a Standards Report Registration System permitting companies to notify GRI of the use of its standards and prove to others that they have issued their reports in compliance with GRI rules.
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UK Lawyer Calls for BHR Due Diligence Rules
March 30, 2018
British barrister Alison Macdonald QC recently published a blog calling for UK laws requiring British companies to establish mechanisms aimed at preventing major violations of the business and human rights (BHR) agenda in their global supply chains, in line with "due diligence" requirements under the UN Guiding Principles on BHR.
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EU Ministers Advance Reporting Mandates for Tax Planners
March 30, 2018
EU economic and financial affairs ministers have reached a deal on new rules requiring financial intermediaries, such as accountants and tax planners, to report to tax authorities "complex cross-border financial schemes" they have constructed to help lower their clients' tax bills, and establishing a central EU database containing information on these structures.
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Philippines Body Prepares Hearings on Climate Impacts
March 30, 2018
Climate Home News reports that the Philippines Human Rights Commission is preparing to hold hearings in Manila, New York, and London in an effort to determine the impacts of major oil producers on climate change and to hold them accountable for the suffering inflicted on Filipino communities by recent extreme weather events.
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UN Rights Chief Pushes Papua New Guinea on BHR Agenda
March 30, 2018
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the government of Papua New Guinea to prevent, investigate, and punish human rights abuses, especially those in violation of the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda, and pushed for the creation of an independent national human rights body to enforce rights protections.
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