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NGO: Fund Africa's "Human Economy" Through Corporate Taxation
July 20, 2017
In advance of a recent World Economic Forum meeting in South Africa, the activist organization Oxfam called on African leaders to pursue "inclusive growth" by creating a redistributive economic approach focused on reducing economic inequality in part by clamping down on tax avoidance by multinational corporations.
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UN, GRI Develop Guidance for Corporate SDG Reporting
July 20, 2017
As part of their Action Platform called "Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)," representatives from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the UN Global Compact convened in March in The Hague to collaborate on the formation of guidance for companies on how to publicly report their compliance with and contributions to the SDGs.
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UN Body Seeks Chinese Infrastructure Compliance with SDGs
July 20, 2017
As part of the UN's prioritization of obtaining government and private sector support for its comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN Economic and Social Council recently held a workshop in New York in which it pressed Chinese officials to explain how their massive infrastructure project the Belt and Road Initiative will contribute to the SDGs.
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NGOs, UN Partner to Benchmark SDG Contributions
July 19, 2017
The WWF project Gold Standard and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change are launching a "Gold Standard for the Global Goals" that will measure contributions from the public and private sectors toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and pressure businesses to help fulfill the UN's social and environmental agenda.
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EBRD Signs Deal with UN Fund for Climate Finance
July 19, 2017
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed an agreement with the UN's Green Climate Fund to expand public and private finance for projects across the Mediterranean, Central Asian, and Southeastern European regions aiming to lower carbon emissions and limit the impacts of global warming.
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