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BNY Mellon and WEF Partner to Shape Capital Markets
March 23, 2021
BNY Mellon and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have joined forces through a partnership in which BNY Mellon will work with WEF’s multi-stakeholder community on initiatives aimed at shaping the future of capital markets, including building a more inclusive financial system.
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Facebook Sets New Corporate Human Rights Policy
March 23, 2021
Facebook has enacted a corporate human rights policy and will begin reporting critical human rights issues, such as risks to freedom of expression, to its board of directors, and will release an annual public report detailing how it is addressing human rights concerns stemming from its business practices, policies or products.
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India’s New Social Media Regulation Hits Big Tech
March 17, 2021
India, the second-largest internet economy, launched new regulation that Big Tech must put in place within the next three months and is intended to hold social media platforms accountable, giving the government the authority to have more power over how the social networks regulate their content.
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Bigman: Stakeholder Capitalism’s Forgotten Stakeholder
March 12, 2021
Dan Bigman writes in chiefexecutive.net that as companies increasingly embrace ESG, the push for improving environmental, social and governance practices on the road to Stakeholder Capitalism, CEO’s and boards should remember to pitch in and help their smaller, privately held suppliers who are often left behind in the push for improvement.
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MEPs Support Requiring Firms to Comply with ESG Standards
March 08, 2021
The EU Parliament’s legislative initiative on ‘Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability’ will be put to a vote and if passed will require companies to identify and remedy risks to human rights, health, the environment arising from their activities throughout their supply chain.
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