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NGO Projects Aim for Gender Focus in BHR Measures
March 09, 2018
The Danish Institute for Human Rights has launched two projects pushing governments to "strengthen their gender focus" in their implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) by "mapping" BHR issues that specifically affect women and exploring how to strengthen women's engagement with the extractives industry.
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OSCE Guidelines Seek Corporate Supply-Chain Reporting
March 09, 2018
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has issued a set of model guidelines for governments to pressure companies to rid their supply chains of forced labor through such measures as requiring public reporting on their efforts against unethical labor practices and sanctions against businesses that do not comply.
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Total Pledges Public Reporting of Extractives Contracts
March 09, 2018
Highlighting the trend of companies in the extractives industry bowing to activist pressure seeking more data to underpin their criticism of lucrative oil, gas, and mining deals, French energy company Total has announced that it will publish details from all its government extractives contracts and has called on all governments to do the same.
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Unilever Publishes Palm-Oil Supply Chain
March 08, 2018
The Thomson Reuters Foundation reports that consumer-goods company Unilever has revealed its entire supply chain relating to palm oil, ratcheting up pressure on other companies with multinational networks to publicly report on their suppliers and efforts to force their business partners to abide by global social and environmental standards.
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UN Group Considers BHR Obligations in Trade Policy
March 08, 2018
The UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) issues has announced as a priority for the year 2018 its development of "good practice models" for governments to follow when promoting trade and investment with other countries and when engaged as economic actors.
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