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IOE Chief Highlights Complexity of Business Supply Chains
February 19, 2016
Secretary-General of the International Organization of Employers ("IOE") Linda Kromjong describes the complications of performing due diligence on often-complex supply chains and calls for support to companies seeking to fulfill supply-chain provisions of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
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GRI Forms Network to Push SDGs
February 19, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has announced a GOLD Community to gather businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and intergovernmental agencies that wish to further the UN's Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") through GRI's reporting techniques.
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GRI Plans Next Phase in "Sustainability" Reporting
February 19, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has published an article describing the influence it has had in encouraging companies to report on social and environmental "sustainability" and calls for a future where companies draw information from such reports "into the heart of operations."
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NGO Seeks BHR-Compliant Financial System
February 17, 2016
A report produced by the Institute for Human Rights and Business reviews how countries can create financial systems that comply with and fund the facilitation of "sustainable livelihoods and societies" through the UN's agendas on climate change and business and human rights ("BHR").
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NGO Pushes New UK Tax Treaty for Malawi
February 17, 2016
Arguing that corporations are not paying their "fair share" of taxes under a longstanding treaty between the UK and Malawi, Martha Khonje in Lilongwe of ActionAid Malawi calls for a new tax treaty ensuring that businesses pay for health care and other social costs in the country.
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