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Businesses Sign on to ILO Disability Charter
July 14, 2016
The International Labour Organization has announced that four new companies have signed on to its Global Business and Disability Network Charter, a pledge committing the companies "to promoting and including persons with disabilities" in their global operations, protecting persons with disabilities from discrimination, and expanding accessibility in workplaces.
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UNGC Builds Framework to Achieve "Sustainability"
July 14, 2016
An update from UN Global Compact Executive Director Lise Kingo following the recent UNGC Leaders Summit demonstrates the comprehensive commitment of the UN agency, from actions within its local networks to its newly launched program "Making Global Goals Local Business," to pressure companies to help fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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OECD Meeting Ramps up Global Tax Framework
July 14, 2016
A meeting of over 80 countries and jurisdictions organized by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Kyoto, Japan, has inaugurated the OECD's "inclusive" global tax framework to counter the ability of corporations to avoid taxation by shifting their revenue to low-tax jurisdictions.
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Oxfam Scrutinizes Unilever Labor Rights Impact
July 14, 2016
Nongovernmental organization Oxfam and consumer goods company Unilever have collaborated on a report in which Oxfam reviews Unilever's impact on labor rights issues in Vietnam and calls for the company to improve its contributions to the business and human rights agenda.
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Lawyer Warns of Broad BHR Treaty Process
July 13, 2016
Sara McBrearty of King & Spalding writes that the disenchantment of activists with immediate implementation of the global business and human rights agenda under the UN Guiding Principles on BHR has led to the launch of an open-ended negotiation over the development of a binding BHR treaty that could result in a flawed instrument without precedent in international law.
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