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Telecom Company Creates Tool to Assess Supply Chains
March 02, 2016
As pressure rises for corporations to scrutinize their supply chains to ensure they comply with the business and human rights ("BHR") agenda, telecommunications company BT has released a "Better Future Supplier Forum’s Sustainability Assessor tool" to help companies compare their supply-chain reviews with "best practices" advanced by BHR activists.
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NGO Pushes Development Through Corporate Tax Reporting
March 02, 2016
Chris Hegarty has published an article in which he explains how his nongovernmental organization Christian Aid has sought to further the global economic, social, and cultural rights agenda by encouraging transparency in the taxation of companies around the world, including through country-by-country tax reporting by multinational corporations.
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Article Pushes Business Transparency in Climate Efforts
February 25, 2016
An article in Time sets out criteria by which climate activists should judge corporate commitments to combat climate change, including whether commitments includes a pledge to publicly report on the companies' ongoing efforts.
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UN Business Network Prepares Local SDG "Action Plan"
February 25, 2016
UN Global Compact has announced the launch of its Local Network Sustainable Development Goal ("SDG") Action Plan, which will encourage the group's 80-plus local bodies to implement plans to advance the UN's comprehensive development agenda, including by establishing a "Pioneers" program honoring select companies that further the SDGs.
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Businesses Call on EU to Tighten Carbon Cap
February 25, 2016
BusinessGreen reports that some multinational companies operating in the EU are calling on the bloc's officials to place tight limits on the number of "allowances" granted to companies for their carbon emissions in order to fulfill the terms of the December 2015 UN deal on climate change.
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