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UN Network Promotes East Asian SDG Action
September 14, 2017
The UN Global Compact China-Japan-Korea recently hosted a forum to discuss how businesses in the region can take steps to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in corporate policy and practice.
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Academic: ICC Prosecutor Could Advance BHR Agenda
September 14, 2017
A paper from Nadia Bernaz of Wageningen University in the Netherlands examines how a policy paper from the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announcing its future focus on "crimes" involving the environment and land degradation could portend significant support for the business and human rights (BHR) agenda in international law.
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NGO: Businesses Have Duty to Push Social Change
September 14, 2017
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has published an article highlighting, in the wake of the recent violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, the growing pressure on businesses "to denounce hatred and promote diversity and inclusion" by airing their opposition to unpopular views, and the growing trend of businesses heeding this pressure in their corporate policies.
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Index Points to European Forced Labor Risks
September 14, 2017
According to the consultancy Verisk Maplecroft's latest "Modern Slavery Index," a report that ranks countries around the world on their exposure to risks related to forced labor, companies are facing heightened risks of contributing to forced labor through their supply chains in the UK, Germany, and other European countries due to the region's migration crisis.
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Report: BHR Treaty Must Expand Corporate Liability
September 13, 2017
In a recent report, Daniel Blackburn of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights outlines several ways in which a binding UN treaty on business and human rights (BHR) could promote global liability of corporations for alleged BHR violations, including by requiring them to adopt extensive "due diligence" procedures.
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