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BHR Ranking System Seeks Corporate Consultation
July 21, 2015
The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, a system that will rank companies on 50 proposed "indicators" relating to the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda, is seeking contributions from businesses on their draft indicators prior to launching a pilot program to rank businesses in 2016.
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Panel at UN Event Calls for Climate Finance Rules
July 21, 2015
At a recent UN event, panelists called for governments around the world to adopt new rules for financial institutions, including environmental reporting requirements, that they argued would drive forward substantial private funding of the UN's climate change agenda.
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NGOs Produce Toolkit on Business Security and Human Rights
July 17, 2015
The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces and the International Committee of the Red Cross have published the second edition of their toolkit for corporate management of security and its impact on human rights, a guide the groups say is a "living document."
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Activists Call for Clampdown on "Impunity" Through BHR Treaty
July 17, 2015
Activists from the Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and the Treaty Alliance, both of which have called for the development of a stringent UN business and human rights ("BHR") treaty, are pushing for the treaty to include criminal liability for corporations and their directors for alleged violations of the global BHR and environmental agendas.
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NHRIs Push for National Action Plans in Binding BHR Treaty
July 17, 2015
The International Coordinating Committee for national human rights institutions ("NHRIs") has submitted a statement to the working group charged with developing a binding business and human rights ("BHR") treaty calling for the treaty to push national BHR action plans and for it to apply both to multinational and domestic companies.
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