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UN Pressures Polish Businesses on SDGs
September 22, 2016
Basing their action on the UN Environment Programme's Global Environment Outlook report, the Polish government and businesses have announced their cooperation on reducing air pollution and promoting "healthy lifestyles" in Poland to serve as a model for other European countries in implementing the UN's comprehensive "sustainable development" agenda.
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Apple Pushes Suppliers on Green Energy
September 22, 2016
As environmental activists' pressure persuades multinational companies that it is in their interests to pursue the global climate agenda, Apple has announced that it will assist, financially and otherwise, suppliers of its products in finding ways to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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ICC Expands Focus to Environmental Cases
September 21, 2016
The Guardian reports that the International Criminal Court has issued a policy paper signaling its intent to expand prosecutions to cases involving government and private sector actors engaged in "the destruction of the environment, the illegal exploitation of natural resources or the illegal dispossession of land."
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GRI, UN Launch "Sustainability" Reporting Initiative
September 21, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative and the UN Global Compact have announced the launch of an initiative called "SDG Leadership through Reporting," through which they will coordinate the development of global corporate reporting standards for contributions to the fulfillment of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Forum Pushes Business Action on Migrants
September 21, 2016
The UN Global Compact's annual Private Sector Forum, held this year in New York on the sidelines of a UN migrant and refugee summit, focused on pressing businesses to make commitments to assisting migrants and to helping realize the UN's comprehensive "sustainable development" agenda.
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