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UN Outlines Plans to Move Investments Toward SDGs
November 20, 2017
At a September event in New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres outlined his UN reform strategy for encouraging the diversion of public and private investments around the world toward fulfilling the international organization's comprehensive social and environmental Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the year 2030.
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NGO Opposes "Voluntary" German BHR Policies
November 20, 2017
An article from Human Rights Watch on Germany's business and human rights (BHR) policies illustrates the growing opposition among activist groups to "voluntary" codes of BHR conduct for businesses in favor of a robust regulatory agenda that would require all businesses to perform BHR due diligence on their supply chains.
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Academics Explore "B Corps" Contributions to BHR
November 20, 2017
In a recent article, academics Joanne Bauer and Elizabeth Umlas explore how adjusting the concept of the "B Corp," a new corporate form requiring the company to focus on creating a "material positive impact on society and the environment," could contribute to the advancement of the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda.
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EU Rules Require "Due Diligence" on Conflict Minerals
November 20, 2017
Attorneys from DLA Piper review a set of EU rules, which enter into force in the year 2021, requiring companies that import certain "conflict minerals" from war-torn areas of Africa to embed "due diligence" procedures in their supply chains to prevent human rights abuses and to publicly report on their progress.
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UN Report Calls for SDG-Focused Financial System
November 15, 2017
The UN Environment Programme and the World Bank have released a "roadmap" explaining how governments and businesses must "design a global financial system" that contributes trillions of dollars each year to achieving the UN's comprehensive social and environmental targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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