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ISO Resource Helps Companies Implement "Social Responsibility"
August 15, 2017
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a new publication designed to help companies and other organizations “integrate social responsibility into their business” by creating a consistent approach to social issues across their management systems.
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Church of England Aligns Investments with UNPRI
August 15, 2017
In recent years, the Church of England has sought to align its £7.9 billion investment portfolio with the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), most recently leading a successful effort in a shareholder vote to push ExxonMobil into releasing a report on how climate change could affect its business.
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ILO Standard Links Global Labor Agenda to Peace
August 14, 2017
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has announced that outcomes of its June International Labour Conference included a global recommendation seeking to promote "peace and stability" through the UN agency's labor rights agenda and an evaluation of how the ILO can best contribute to the global governance of labor migration.
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ISO Pushes Small Businesses on "Environmental Management"
August 14, 2017
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a handbook guiding small and medium-sized businesses how to establish a proper "environmental management system" to improve their performance on the global environmental agenda.
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NGOs Press Development Bank to Assess BHR Impacts
August 14, 2017
A group of nongovernmental organizations has published a letter to the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) calling on the institution to use a conference on investing in Central America to spotlight business and human rights (BHR) impacts of the IADB's support of projects in the region, ranging from labor rights to environmental protection.
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