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Accountant Group Pushes BHR Due Diligence
July 22, 2016
In cooperation with the UN Global Compact Network UK, Chartered Global Management Account has produced a guide for management accountants to pressure their companies to perform due diligence in implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and complying with international BHR reporting standards.
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US Seeks Ramped-up Business Humanitarian Funding
July 22, 2016
The White House, with a number of US corporations, has launched a Partnership for Refugees that pushes businesses to increase their financial and other humanitarian assistance to refugees around the world.
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Countries Eye Global Mechanism on Aviation Emissions
July 21, 2016
EurActiv reports that countries forming the International Civil Aviation Organization general assembly, which is meeting in September, are seeking to use the meeting to finalize a global mechanism for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions from airlines.
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UN, WEF Produce SDG Guide for Mining Industry
July 21, 2016
The UN Development Programme, the World Economic Forum, and partner groups have published an "atlas" guiding companies in the mining industry how to implement each of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals and "ensure social and economic benefits of mining are widely shared."
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Article: SDGs Require "Balance" of Property Rights
July 21, 2016
Jim Balsillie of the Centre for International Governance Innovation calls on countries to ensure the correct balance between intellectual property rights and the diffusion of clean energy technologies to incentivize businesses to work toward the fulfillment of the UN's comprehensive sustainable development agenda.
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