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EC Body Seeks Exclusion of Coal, Nuclear Power from Finance Framework
June 26, 2019
The European Commission’s (EC) Technical Expert Group on sustainable finance has published recommendations calling on the EC to exclude coal and nuclear power projects from classification as sustainable investments.
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UK Pledges Action for "Sustainable" Fashion
June 26, 2019
The UK Government has issued a response to a House of Commons Committee’s report on clothing consumption and sustainability pledging to use “regulatory and economic instruments” to address the environmental impacts of the fashion industry and to make producers responsible for the costs of disposal.
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EU Agency Launches Toolkit on “Ethical” Migration Reporting
June 26, 2019
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights has launched an “e-learning platform” to teach journalists how to properly report stories on migration, seeking “ethical reporting treating people fairly and with dignity,” and by “balancing accuracy” with other factors such as “impartiality and humanity.”
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UN, NGOs Call for Substantial Carbon Emission Reductions
June 19, 2019
A coalition including the UN Global Compact network of companies committed to the “sustainable development” agenda has issued a press release aiming to avoid the “catastrophic consequences” of climate change by calling on businesses to set “science-based” targets for the reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions.
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NGO Criticizes OECD Contact Points for Limiting Remedies
June 19, 2019
The nongovernmental organization OECD Watch has issued a report concluding that National Contact Points (NCPs) set up under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises have not been fulfilling their role in granting remedies to alleged victims of corporate abuse and calls for a revision of the Guidelines to boost the remedial function of NCPs.