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Oxfam Expresses Concern on EITI Efforts
February 24, 2016
A press release from Oxfam warns that the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ("EITI"), an initiative that seeks to increase transparency in the natural resources industry, is risking irrelevance as it fails, in Oxfam's view, to ensure sufficient public reporting on the activities of businesses in this sector.
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Ruggie Prepares BHR Report on FIFA
February 24, 2016
The Irish Times reports that Professor John Ruggie of the Harvard Kennedy School is preparing advice on the statutes and World Cup bidding guidelines of the International Federation of Association Football ("FIFA") to align them with the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda and will publish an independent report on the body in March.
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Australian Rights Body Hosts Professor for BHR Talk
February 24, 2016
Speaking at an event hosted by the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Robert McCorquodale of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law called on companies to adopt grievance mechanisms and on governments to produce regulations to advance the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda across the country.
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Airline Chief Backs Global Airline Emissions Deal
February 24, 2016
Willie Walsh, the CEO of the parent company of British Airways, has pledged support for and compliance with airplane emissions reduction standards produced by the UN's International Civil Aviation Organisation and has called for a "global deal for aviation carbon emissions" to advance sustainability in the airline industry.
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NGOs Seek Expansive EU Conflict Mineral Rules
February 23, 2016
A coalition of nongovernmental organizations have published a document criticizing a draft proposal, under negotiation among EU institutions, on corporate reporting on the use of "conflict minerals" from war-torn areas of Africa for being limited and voluntary, and calling on EU member states to support rules that require more expansive corporate supply-chain due diligence.
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