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NGO Places Pressure on Trade Groups over Climate Lobbying
September 16, 2015
The nongovernmental organization ShareAction has coordinated a letter from investors to large companies asking them to justify their membership in European trade associations that, according to the letter, lobby against strong climate policies at the EU level.
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Beverage Company Faces Criticism over Climate Commitments
September 16, 2015
Indicating the potential pitfalls of corporate integration of the international environmental agenda, civil society organizations are targeting beverage company Diageo for criticism over the business's failure to meet environmental goals - such as reducing carbon emissions and increasing water efficiency - it set for its operations in 2008.
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Lawyer: Due Diligence Is Path to Corporate Responsibility
September 16, 2015
An article by Marie Wilke of WTI Advisors explores the world of multiplying, complex laws and standards under which companies make due diligence efforts to ensure that their supply chains are "responsible" and identifies such due diligence as the best path to countering social and environmental harm by businesses.
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NGO Pushes for Climate Disclosure by Food Companies
September 16, 2015
Frances Way of environmental data-collecting organization CDP has called for food, beverage, and tobacco corporations to publicly disclose how much their operations and the operations of producers in their supply chains add to worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and thus contribute to warming the planet.
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NGO Seeks Procurement Reforms in US NAP
September 16, 2015
In a submission to the US government relating to its development of a "National Action Plan on Responsible Business Conduct," the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable calls for inclusion in the plan of federal procurement reform, including independent monitoring of procurement practices and transparency in government supply chains.
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