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World Bank: Global Standards Contribute to SDGs
September 19, 2016
Cecile Fruman of the World Bank Group has praised the International Organization for Standardization for developing global standards with an eye to ensuring that public and private sector organizations help fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including by promoting the principle of "corporate social responsibility."
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NGO: SDG Fulfillment Requires "Business Diplomacy"
September 19, 2016
Alejandro Litovsky of the Earth Security Group writes that multinational corporations have a responsibility to engage in "business diplomacy," or pressuring local governments to change rules that do not comply with the global business and human rights agenda, in order to help fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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NGOs Scrutinize Colombian BHR Action Plan
September 19, 2016
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable and Colombian nongovernmental organization Dejusticia have produced a document reviewing Colombia's national action plan for implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, criticizing the plan for vague terms and for failing to set timelines for achieving the BHR agenda.
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NGOs Decry EU Avoidance of BHR Treaty Talks
September 16, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations have organized a petition calling on European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to ensure that the EU lends credibility to negotiations over the text of a binding UN treaty requiring governments and companies to implement the global business and human rights agenda.
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Companies Face Expanding BHR Reporting Risks
September 16, 2016
Attorney James Wood of Herbert Smith Freehills writes that, as governments take up the UN's business and human rights agenda by broadening corporate disclosure requirements to include human rights impacts, companies face increased risks of running afoul of the law by not putting in place a proper BHR structure in their operations.
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