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ILO Chief Pushes for "Green" Jobs Transition
August 09, 2017
At a June conference, Director-General of the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder introduced a report on a "Green Initiative" roadmap on how businesses and governments must produce "decent 'green' jobs" to provide a transition toward a climate-friendly economy in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Paper Seeks Global Working Standards for Fishers
August 09, 2017
A paper from Conservation International calls on marine scientists to assist with the development of a global standard setting out requirements for the human right to "decent work" in the fishing industry.
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UN Praises Deal to End "Unregulated" Fishing
August 09, 2017
As the UN continues to shrink the space of unregulated business and other conduct in the international sphere, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has welcomed a new agreement clamping down on "illegal, unreported and unregulated" fishing, in line with fishing targets under the UN Sustainable Development Goals, that will soon have 48 member countries.
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NGO Pushes Broad Corporate Contributions to SDGs
August 09, 2017
An article from the nongovernmental organization Shift illustrates the expectations of activist groups regarding corporate contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), calling on businesses not only to focus on avoiding social and environmental harms but to find ways to "maximize positive outcomes for people and planet" under the SDGs.
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UK NCP Seeks G4S Lobbying on Rights Impacts in Israel
August 09, 2017
In a follow-up statement to its finding that there was no "general failure" at security firm G4S to respect human rights in its operations in Israel, the UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises called on G4S to continue to lobby business partners and government representatives to reduce their human rights impacts in Israel.
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