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EU Report Proposes Measures for "Sustainable" Investments
February 07, 2018
A report from the European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance proposes EU measures for encouraging investments from the financial system to fulfill the UN's "sustainable development" agenda, including through EU standards for such "sustainable" investments and investor disclosures on how sustainability factors into their decision-making.
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UN Initiative Pushes for Business Action on Oceans
February 07, 2018
The UN Global Compact has launched a Business Action Platform for the Ocean to "develop a business leadership framework focused on the growth, innovation and sustainability of the ocean" and pressure businesses to contribute to the achievement of UN "sustainable development" targets in this area.
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UN Report Highlights New Markets for SDG Fulfillment
February 06, 2018
The UN Global Compact has released a 2018 Global Opportunity Report with consultancy DNV GL and advisory group Sustainia pushing for business activity in 10 ten new markets to advance fulfillment of the comprehensive set of targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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WEF Touts Meeting's "Sustainability" Certification
February 06, 2018
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced that it received certification from an independent certification body for compliance with the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) standard for "sustainable event management" at its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January.
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WEF Panel: Corporate Tax Avoidance Is Rights Issue
February 06, 2018
In a panel at the World Economic Forum (WEF), representatives of nongovernmental organizations and academics characterized the collection of taxes from multinational corporations as a "justice" and "human rights" issue.
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