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EU Companies Make Pledge Against Coal Plants
July 18, 2017
As businesses face pressure to help fulfill their country's ambitious commitments to limit global warming under the Paris climate pact agreed in 2015, national energy companies from across the EU have signed an agreement not to build any new coal power plants after the year 2020.
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Development Banks Seek Private Funds for SDGs
July 18, 2017
At a recent Global Infrastructure Forum in Washington, D.C., a group of leading multilateral development banks issued a joint statement pledging cooperation in funneling private investment toward the realization of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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World Bank Official Underlines Push for Private SDG Funding
July 18, 2017
Remarks by World Bank Group Senior Vice President Mahmoud Mohieldin at a "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Financing Lab" event indicate the prioritization at the global development bank of ramping up investment from the private sector in realizing the UN's comprehensive social and environmental agenda for the year 2030.
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UN Body Calls for Australia to Embrace BHR Agenda
July 18, 2017
In a recent report, the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights has urged the Australian government to adopt a national action plan on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) and to impose liability on businesses that fail to perform "due diligence" regarding their global BHR impacts.
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ISO Pushes for Global Standards to Achieve SDGs
July 18, 2017
Elizabeth Gasiorowski-Denis of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) asserts that global standards created by ISO and other groups to harmonize the international regulation of business are necessary to achieve the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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