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Trade Associations Promote "Sustainability" Agenda
September 19, 2017
In an op-ed, representatives from the UN-coordinated International Trade Centre and the Foreign Trade Association present initiatives from their organizations, including a "business social compliance initiative" and "trade for sustainable development" programme, seeking to persuade governments and businesses to adopt the "sustainability" agenda in their foreign trade practices.
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NGO Publishes Guide on Opposing Extractive Operations
September 19, 2017
The Association for Women's Rights in Development has released a "practical guide" containing strategies for global human rights and environmental activists to oppose the operations of oil, gas, and mining companies, thereby "resisting corporate power that commodifies nature and prioritizes profit over people and the environment."
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NGO: Regulate Emissions to Quell Security Risks
September 19, 2017
An article on the website Eco-business cites analysis by the nongovernmental Center for Climate and Security pushing for increased regulation of corporate greenhouse gas emissions to address "climate-related risks" such as increased security threats and migration around the world stoked by rising temperatures.
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NGOs Review National BHR Action Plans
September 19, 2017
The nongovernmental organizations International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, European Coalition for Corporate Justice, and Center for the Study of Law, Justice, and Society have produced a 2017 assessment of national action plans on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) published within the last three years.
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NGOs Criticize EU Relationship with Azerbaijan
September 19, 2017
As part of increasing scrutiny by activist organizations on corporate relationships with authoritarian regimes and their impacts on the business and human rights agenda, an alliance of nongovernmental groups called the CEE Bankwatch Network has criticized the EU's economic relationships with Azerbaijan in light of allegations of corruption and rights violations in the country.
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