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Oxfam Calls for Corporate Global Warming Commitments
May 28, 2015
Oxfam has criticized companies for failing to take sufficient action at a recent UN Business and Climate Summit and has called for businesses to commit to the UN global warming agenda by, among other things, agreeing to "100% renewable electricity goals" and implementing climate adaptation strategies.
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Asian Exchanges Join UN Sustainability Initiative
May 27, 2015
Four East Asian stock exchanges recently joined the UN’s Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative, which requires these exchanges to push businesses they list to report on their social and environmental impacts, bringing the total number of exchanges in the initiative to 23.
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UN Holds Africa Regional Forum to Advance BHR
May 27, 2015
The UN Working Group on business and human rights (“BHR”) issues recently held an African Regional Forum with government officials, business leaders, nongovernmental organizations, and others in order to push the UN’s BHR agenda across Africa.
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UN Seeks Buy-in from Businesses on Climate Agenda
May 27, 2015
The UN Global Compact and a group of nongovernmental organizations have launched an initiative seeking to pressure 100 companies to commit to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 in line with UN predictions of disastrous climate change effects.
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NGOs Scrutinize EU’s “Better Regulation” Measures
May 27, 2015
A watchdog group of nongovernmental organizations (“NGOs”) will examine measures passed by the European Commission as part of its initiative to cut red tape, as these NGOs argue deregulation measures may subordinate citizen, worker, and consumer rights to those of businesses in the EU.
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