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Business Leaders Support Reporting on UN Empowerment Principles
July 14, 2015
UN Women reports that one thousand business leaders have expressed support for the entity's Women's Empowerment Principles, which include a principle requiring benchmarks and reporting on gender equality and inclusion in corporate operations.
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WWF Calls for Bank Adoption of Sustainability Agenda
July 14, 2015
As part of the activist movement to pressure lenders to assess the potential risks of the UN sustainability agenda to their investments, the nongovernmental organization WWF has issued a report calling for banks and financial institutions to do more to integrate the global environmental agenda into their operations.
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UN Global Compact Considers Impact on Businesses
July 14, 2015
At its recent 15th anniversary event, the UN Global Compact celebrated the pressure it has placed on businesses to adopt the UN social, environmental, and governance agenda and looked forward to pushing companies to ensure that their operations comply with the global "sustainability" movement.
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NGOs Issue Briefing Note on Global BHR Progress
July 13, 2015
A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs"), led by the organization CIDSE, has signed on to a briefing note applauding various countries around the world for their efforts advancing the UN business and human rights ("BHR") agenda and calling for the development of a comprehensive, binding UN BHR treaty.
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Unilever Issues First Report under BHR Framework
July 13, 2015
Consumer goods corporation Unilever has become the first company to issue a detailed report under the UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework, a process of reporting on implementation of the UN business and human rights ("BHR") agenda developed by the nongovernmental organization Shift and the consultancy Mazars.
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