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WEF Panel Seeks "Future-Proofed" Climate Goals
July 11, 2016
A panel hosted at a recent World Economic Forum summit in China called for governments and the private sector to expand upon their commitments under the UN climate deal agreed in Paris last year to "future-proof" corporate operations against the risks of global warming.
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UN Influences CEOs with BHR, Sustainability Agendas
July 11, 2016
The UN Global Compact has produced a study with consulting company Accenture that seems to demonstrate the broad impact of the UN and nongovernmental organizations on the willingness of corporate CEOs to support the global sustainability and business and human rights agendas.
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UNGC Initiative Targets Companies on SDGs
July 11, 2016
At its 2016 Leaders Summit, the UN Global Compact launched an initiative to pressure companies around the world to offer their support to achieving the implementation of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030.
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NGOs Seek Wide-ranging HRC Resolution on "Rights Defenders"
July 11, 2016
The nongovernmental organizations International Service for Human Rights and Business and Human Rights Resource Centre have criticized a UN Human Rights Council resolution seeking to assist "human rights defenders" in spotlighting violations of the business and human rights agenda for not going far enough in, for example, requiring corporate reporting on BHR issues.
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NGO Calls for Expansive Public Disclosure from AIIB
July 11, 2016
An article from Joshua Rosenzweig of Amnesty International asserts that the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank should set out a robust disclosure regime to inform the public of the impacts of the projects it finances on the global business and human rights agenda and how it seeks to address these impacts.
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