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GRI Outlines Work on Corporate Tax Disclosure
July 18, 2016
At the recent OECD Forum on Responsible Business Conduct, Teresa Fogelberg of the Global Reporting Initiative discussed her organization's work toward corporate disclosure of tax payments, a key portion of the agenda of international organizations and activists to help "shame" companies into paying for their economic, social, and cultural rights agenda.
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Microsoft Seeks Advice on Rights Promotion
July 15, 2016
Microsoft recently held a European Roundtable on Human Rights at which the technology company invited the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and other participants to provide advice on how it can best promote human rights.
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Analyst Demands Business Disclosures on Climate
July 15, 2016
At an event organized by the Task Force on Climate Related Disclosures, a group drafting corporate guidelines on publicly reporting the potential impacts of carbon emissions, an energy analyst for Barclays, Mark Lewis, called on fossil fuel companies to warn their investors about the risk of climate-related government regulations to their revenues.
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Report Calls for "Implosion" of Fossil Fuel Companies
July 15, 2016
Researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research assert that the only way in which governments can meet their goal to limit global warming under the UN climate deal agreed in Paris last year is a "controlled implosion" of the fossil fuel industry and immediate replacement of such fuels with renewable energy sources.
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ILO Releases Guide to Setting Minimum Wage
July 15, 2016
The UN's International Labour Organization has produced a Minimum Wage Policy Guide to advise governments on best practices in setting a minimum wage, including by consulting with "social partners" and ensuring wide coverage among industries.
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