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NGO Report Documents Ongoing Abuse of UNHRC
January 16, 2019
Spotlighting the reasons why the US withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), an article from Human Rights Watch documents the ongoing selection of countries routinely accused of widespread human rights violations to the UNHRC with the aim of shielding their conduct from scrutiny.
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NGO: UK Welfare Cuts Undermine Right to “Live Independently”
January 16, 2019
Bethany Brown of Human Rights Watch argues that social care cuts, lack of government oversight, and age discrimination in the UK are undermining the rights of elderly people “to health and to live independently in the community.”
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NGO Criticizes Corporate Alliance Against Plastic Waste
January 16, 2019
The Guardian reports that activist group Greenpeace has characterized a newly launched Alliance to End Plastic Waste, created by companies including Procter & Gamble, Shell, and ExxonMobil to fund research on and efforts to reduce plastic pollution, as a “desperate attempt from corporate polluters to maintain the status quo on plastics.”
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World Bank Prices CAD Bond for SDGs on Nutrition
January 16, 2019
The World Bank recently priced a benchmark CAD 1.5 billion “Sustainable Development bond” aimed at raising funds to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to healthy diets, as part of the World Bank’s global strategy to raise private funds for the UN’s comprehensive social and environmental agenda.
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IKEA Embraces Forest “Sustainability” in NGO Partnership
January 16, 2019
A briefing from the environmental organization WWF describes its partnership with furniture company IKEA to promote “responsible forest management” as a way “to contribute to a sustainable global economy,” as part of the trend among companies to embrace the “sustainability” agenda to avoid criticism by activists.
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