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CIGI Seeks Standardized Financial Risk Disclosure on Climate
June 10, 2015
The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published a report calling for the standardization of a financial disclosure regime under which companies would be required to disclose investment risks caused by global warming.
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OECD Promotes Guidelines on Sustainability Investments
June 10, 2015
A task force established by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has produced a set of guidelines seeking to place pressure on countries to attract "sustainable investment," including in support of "green growth."
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G7 Pushes Companies to Adopt "Empowerment" Principles
June 10, 2015
The G7 group of countries recently called for businesses to implement a broad UN agenda seeking to advance the "economic empowerment" of women in the "workplace, marketplace and community."
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Norway Pursues UN Coal Divestment Campaign
June 10, 2015
The Guardian reports that the Norwegian Parliament has endorsed legislation that seeks to implement the UN's and activists' fossil fuel divestment agenda by removing investments from coal projects around the world, affecting at least 122 companies.
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Report Presses African NHRIs to Address Business Issues
June 10, 2015
A report from the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions ("NHRIs") has called on African NHRIs to place greater focus on companies operating within their countries in order to implement the UN agenda on business and human rights.
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