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UN Agency Pushes Corporate Gender Diversity Reporting
February 02, 2016
Ten major companies have reported figures on the ratio of men to women in their workforce and in their leadership positions for inclusion in a "HeForShe Parity Report" published by UN Women.
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California Investigates Exxon Statements on Climate Change
February 01, 2016
The Los Angeles Times reports that California politicians are seeking to leverage a reported investigation of energy company Exxon by the state's Attorney General Kamala Harris regarding alleged false statements the company has made to investors on the risks posed by global warming into a federal investigation of similar statements from the US energy industry.
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UN Calls for Public-Private Partnerships to Achieve SDGs
February 01, 2016
UN officials meeting with business representatives in Davos, Switzerland, during the World Economic Forum called for the establishment of partnerships between the public and private sectors to accomplish the UN's comprehensive environmental and social agenda set out in its Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs").
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Countries Sign OECD Agreement on Corporate Financial Scrutiny
January 29, 2016
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has announced that 31 countries have signed its Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement providing for the automatic exchange of country-by-country financial, tax, and other information relating to multinational enterprises.
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ISO Seeks Use of Standard in SDG Implementation
January 29, 2016
The International Organization for Standardization ("ISO") has published an interview with academics seeking to explain how corporations following the organization's standard on social responsibility furthers their implementation of the environmental and social framework of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs").
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