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Oxfam Criticizes IFC's Lack of Focus on BHR
April 10, 2015
A report from the nongovernmental organization Oxfam criticizes the International Finance Corporation ("IFC"), a part of the World Bank Group focused on private development, for not monitoring whether its funds are used in projects that do not measure up to the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda.
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WEF Announces "Social Entrepreneurship" Program
April 09, 2015
The World Economic Forum ("WEF") has announced that the Schwab Foundation and the Harvard Kennedy School have launched an executive education course focused on how to tackle "systemic" social issues through their work in the business world.
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Activists Criticize Coca-Cola BHR Efforts as Insufficient
April 09, 2015
A group of activists and others at a recent World Bank conference criticized a Coca-Cola report denying so-called "land grabs" by its sugar suppliers in Guatemala as insufficient and sought an array of information on the right of the sugar suppliers to their land.
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WEF Report Pushes "Socially Responsible" Supply Chain
April 09, 2015
As part of the push of international organizations and activists for companies to take responsibility for any social and environmental impacts of their supply chains, a report from the World Economic Forum ("WEF") emphasizes the beneficial effects of a "socially responsible" supply chain.
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UN Official: Countries Face "Duty" to Uphold BHR Standards
April 08, 2015
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein writes that governments face a "duty" under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") to hold companies to account through their court systems for alleged human rights violations.
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