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UN Pushes Harmonization of Climate and Finance Policy
October 29, 2014
The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative has co-authored a report calling for global financial institutions and central banks to take into account risks due to global warming in financing business activities that may influence the environment.
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Finland Launches National Action Plan on BHR
October 29, 2014
The Government of Finland has released a report containing its national action plan on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR").
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World Bank Pushes Businesses to Fund Sustainability Agenda
October 22, 2014
The World Bank recently held a set of meetings at which it placed pressure on businesses to finance the UN's "ambitious" sustainable development agenda, which will include provisions on combating climate change and redistribution of wealth from developed to developing countries.
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Paper: Governments Fail to Advance Global Governance Under UNGPs
October 22, 2014
A paper by Susan Ariel Aaronson and Ian Higham argues that governments are failing to pressure businesses to carry out their responsibilities under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("UNGPs"), a mechanism advancing global governance of business and human rights issues.
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Oxfam Ranks Companies on Social and Environmental Impacts
October 22, 2014
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has released an updated "scorecard" of the ten largest food companies, rating them on the basis of their commitments to internationally developed social and environmental standards in their operations.
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