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Academic Explores US "Corporate Citizenship" Policies
February 24, 2017
An article by Mark Anthony Camilleri of the University of Malta catalogs US regulations and policies on "corporate citizenship" and describes how the US and nongovernmental organizations "are pushing forward the social responsibility, environmental sustainability as well as the responsible corporate governance agenda" in America.
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US Group Pushes Market-Friendly Carbon Tax
February 24, 2017
Demonstrating the extensive reach of proposals to achieve the global climate change agenda, a senior conservative group in the US, led by former Secretary of State James Baker, is meeting with White House officials to propose a tax on greenhouse gas emissions as part of a strategy to combat global warming through market-oriented measures.
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UN Rights Office Delays Settlements Database
February 23, 2017
Reuters reports that the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has deferred the release of a report on creating a database, labeled by critics as a "blacklist," of companies with ties to Israeli settlements on so-called "occupied" Palestinian land.
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NGOs Seek Business Acceptance of SDG Standards
February 23, 2017
The nongovernmental organizations WWF and ISEAL have published a report calling for businesses to use "multi-stakeholder standards" to manage their social and environmental impacts and contribute to the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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BHR Advocate Outlines Agenda Under Trump
February 23, 2017
Anthony Ewing of Logos Consulting Group sets out a comprehensive agenda for corporations to manage their business and human rights (BHR) impacts under the Trump Administration and to resist and challenge alleged BHR violations by Administration officials.