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NGO Sets out Investment Strategy on Climate Change
April 29, 2015
The nongovernmental organization The Global Investor Coalition on Climate Change has produced a guide for investors that pushes environmental activists' divestment campaign by advising financiers to review the effect of the UN's climate agenda on their portfolios and to reduce their "carbon exposure."
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NGO: U.S. NAP Should Include Security Contractor Principles
April 29, 2015
The nongovernmental organization NomoGaia has called on the U.S. Government to include in its National Action Plan ("NAP") on business and human rights a requirement that security contractors agree to a set of global principles and publicize their assessment of their potential human rights impacts.
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UN Calls for Use of Trade to Develop "Green Economy"
April 28, 2015
The UN Environment Programme and the think tank The International Institute for Sustainable Development have released a handbook calling for countries to use international trade as a tool to advance the UN's environmental and sustainability agenda.
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UN Workshop Presses Businesses on Indigenous Rights
April 28, 2015
UN Global Compact recently held a workshop for business leaders and people from indigenous groups to press companies on the "business case" for respecting the UN's agenda on indigenous people's rights.
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AI Publishes Comprehensive NAP Proposal for U.S.
April 22, 2015
Amnesty International ("AI") has published a comprehensive proposal for a U.S. National Action Plan ("NAP") on business and human rights ("BHR"), calling for corporate due diligence requirements, removal of obstacles to extraterritorial liability, and U.S. participation in the formation of a binding BHR treaty.
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