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Researcher Seeks Help for Poor Countries on Tax Avoidance
August 09, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Tax Justice Network has published an article from Dr. Christian von Haldenwang calling on developed countries, through such measures as making corporate financial information available internationally, to assist poorer countries in clamping down on business tax avoidance.
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GRI Lauds UPS's Sustainability Reporting
August 09, 2016
As companies face increasing pressure from the UN and activist groups to publicly report on their social and environmental impacts, the Global Reporting Initiative has published an interview with staff at delivery company UPS on the business's most recent Sustainability Report, which details how it is implementing the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.
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New Zealand Commission Hosts BHR Forum
August 09, 2016
Partnering with the nongovernmental organization Shift, which helped craft the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the New Zealand Human Rights Commission is hosting a Business and Human Rights Forum at the country's Parliament that will push New Zealand businesses to implement the global BHR agenda.
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Shipping Representative Calls for Global Emissions Standard
August 03, 2016
Director of Policy at the UK Chamber of Shipping, David Balston, has called upon the International Maritime Organization to set global standards regulating the greenhouse gas emissions of the shipping industry in order to drive businesses toward fulfilling the UN climate deal agreed in Paris last year.
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AI Seeks Stronger World Bank Rights Safeguards
August 03, 2016
An Amnesty International press release criticizes the World Bank's newly proposed environmental and social safeguard policy for not including binding language on respecting human rights and for not going far enough in protecting what it identifies as the human rights of indigenous communities in its funding of businesses and development projects.
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