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UNESCO Pushes Businesses on Ocean "Sustainability"
January 05, 2017
UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the World Ocean Council have signed an agreement to ramp up cooperation on pushing the private sector to contribute to and collect data to further the "sustainable use of the ocean ecosystems."
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UN Agencies: Tobacco Control Will Help Achieve SDGs
January 05, 2017
Highlighting the breadth of the UN's "sustainable development" agenda, officials from two UN agencies recently organized a side event at a meeting of the Parliamentary Commonwealth countries in London to advise attendees on the global implementation of tobacco restrictions in order to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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EU Mandates Reporting on Corporate Tax Rulings
January 04, 2017
The European Commission has announced the entry into force of rules requiring that EU member states automatically exchange information on all future tax rulings for companies operating across borders via a "central depository" that will permit governments to place pressure on others over their corporate tax policies.
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NGO Calls on Trump to Enforce BHR Action Plan
January 04, 2017
Gregory Regaignon of the Business & Human Rights (BHR) Resource Centre has published a piece warning President-Elect Donald Trump to take seriously the need for the US to implement the global BHR agenda by enforcing the commitments made by the Obama Administration under its new National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct.
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FIFA Faces Critique on BHR Pledges
January 04, 2017
David Segall of the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights (BHR) criticizes the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) for a perceived lack of progress on implementing the recommendations FIFA sought from Harvard Professor John Ruggie to better advance the UN Guiding Principles on BHR in its operations.
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