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NGO Calls for Bolstered NCP Corporate Review Process
June 17, 2015
The nongovernmental organization ("NGO") OECD Watch has called for OECD National Contact Points ("NCPs") to do more to ensure corporate accountability for alleged human rights violations and environmental harm, along with material consequences for corporations' refusal to participate in the NCP process.
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UN Calls for Businesses to Make Climate Commitments
June 17, 2015
The UN Environment Programme has issued a report in which it calls for businesses and sub-national governments to bind themselves to voluntary commitments to reduce greenhouse gases in order to counter global warming.
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NGOs: Ban Oil and Gas Companies from Climate Talks
June 17, 2015
Reuters reports that a group of environmental nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") are calling for a ban on the participation of oil and gas companies in upcoming negotiations over a binding global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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UN Group Seeks BHR Component in "Sustainability" Agenda
June 17, 2015
The UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR") issues has called upon countries and the UN system to build their negotiations over international agreements, including on trade, and the UN "sustainable development" agenda on the framework of the UN Guiding Principles on BHR.
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UN Working Group Pushes G7 on Supply Chain Pledge
June 17, 2015
The UN Working Group for business and human rights ("BHR") issues has called upon the G7 group of countries to follow up on its support for the UN Guiding Principles on BHR by holding companies to account for and require them to report on human rights and environmental issues in their supply chains.
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