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UK Law Society Launches BHR Program
July 29, 2015
The UK Law Society has announced that it is the first bar association in the world to adopt a program on the implementation of UN business and human rights ("BHR") standards in the legal profession.
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NGO Report Calls for "Climate Economy," Reporting Requirements
July 29, 2015
A recent report from the nongovernmental organization the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate calls for a "New Climate Economy" in which companies agree to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and standards on reporting and verifying emissions.
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Consulting Firm Pushes Fossil Fuel Divestment Agenda
July 28, 2015
The global consulting firm Mercer has joined environmental activists and UN officials in a report warning that investors in companies and assets that are reliant on fossil fuels are taking on large risks as governments and international organizations ramp up efforts to take on climate change.
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Academic: Human Rights Law Fails to Limit Climate Change
July 28, 2015
Stephen Humphreys of the London School of Economics laments that, so far, despite what he sees as convincing evidence that climate change violates human rights, the human rights movement has failed to influence the economic drivers of global warming, such as corporations seeking to make a profit.
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Proposal Seeks Mandatory EU Conflict Minerals Reporting
July 28, 2015
Dynda Thomas of Squire Patton Boggs writes that a proposal from the European Parliament would require nearly 900,000 European companies to issue public reports on their use of conflict minerals from war-torn areas in their products and would not provide a geographic limitation on the source of minerals that trigger the requirement.
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