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NGO: FIFA Must Pressure Russian Officials on Rights
August 14, 2017
Denis Krivosheev of Amnesty International has published an op-ed asserting that the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has a responsibility to "don the referee's jersey" in response to Russian crackdowns on public protests at its 2018 World Cup and pressure government authorities to respect freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
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FIFA Clashes with NGO Report on Labor Rights
August 14, 2017
Touting its recent commitments to "human and labour rights" and a "pioneer" monitoring system established to detect worker abuse at construction sites, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has clashed with an assessment from Human Rights Watch that labor conditions are deteriorating at its 2018 World Cup construction sites in Russia.
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G7 Ministers Back UN "Sustainable Finance" Agenda
August 14, 2017
The UN Environment Programme has touted a recent joint statement from environment ministers of the Group of 7 countries (G7) after meeting in Bologna supporting the UN agency's agenda on channeling investments from the financial industry and small and medium enterprises into "sustainable finance" that supports projects combating climate change.
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UN Agency Calls for Phaseout of "Single-Use Plastic"
August 14, 2017
At the UN's recent Oceans Conference in New York, the UN Environment Programme used a petition signed by a million people to advocate for a "global ban on single-use plastic" within the next five years to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans.
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Apple Issues $1 Billion "Green Bond"
August 14, 2017
Reuters reports that, in the wake of US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the UN's Paris climate deal, technology giant Apple issued a $1 billion "green bond" that it says it will use to drive private investment toward funding renewable energy projects and increase energy efficiency at its facilities.
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