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GRI Program Trains Businesses on Reporting
September 16, 2015
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") describes how it pushes companies to begin reporting on their implementation of international activists' "sustainability" agenda through its "Business Transparency Program."
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GRI Places Pressure on Companies over Development Goals
September 16, 2015
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has called on businesses to use its reporting mechanisms in order to advance the implementation of the UN's recently proposed Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), set to be adopted in September, and has announced that it will track corporate progress on achieving the SDGs.
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NGO Praises "Sustainability" Focus of Asian Stock Exchanges
September 15, 2015
Teresa Fogelberg of the Global Reporting Initiative applauds Asian stock exchanges for issuing guidance that pressures companies involved in these exchanges to report on their implementation of the global environmental and social agenda.
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NGO Seeks EU Push for Binding BHR Treaty
September 14, 2015
Speaking at a European Parliament event on business and human rights ("BHR") issues, the coordinator of the nongovernmental organization European Coalition for Corporate Justice called on EU institutions to unite to develop and implement a strong, legally binding treaty promoting the UN's BHR agenda.
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NGO, UN Develop "Discussion Framework" on Climate Risks
September 14, 2015
The nongovernmental organization World Resources Institute has announced cooperation with the UN Environment Programme on a "Carbon Asset Risk Discussion Framework" that will push investors to consider a wide variety of potential harms to their portfolios caused by global warming.