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Canadian Agency Faces NGO Criticism over BHR Declaration
May 31, 2019
The National Post reports that activist groups are criticizing as insufficient the Canadian lending and insurance agency Export Development Canada’s new business and human rights (BHR) policy seeking to use its leverage over Canadian firms operating abroad to push them to implement global BHR standards.
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Investor Group Launches Initiative on Easing Green Finance
May 31, 2019
A group of European financial institutions is leading a new initiative of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change aiming to lay the groundwork for investors to align their portfolios with the goals of the UN’s Paris climate deal by divesting from fossil fuel projects.
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Activists Criticize Microsoft’s Move to “Climate Leadership” Group
May 31, 2019
Environmental activists are criticizing tech giant Microsoft’s decision to join the international policy institute Climate Leadership Council due to the group’s advocacy of business legal immunity for contributions to climate change in exchange for support of a rising tax on carbon emissions.
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Nestlé Shares How It Trains Employees in Human Rights
May 31, 2019
As part of the food and beverage company’s collaboration with the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Nestlé has publicly shared its employee training on human rights issues for use by other companies.
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UNESCO Summit Pushes for Tech Contributions to SDGs
May 31, 2019
In April, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) focused its World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva on how to ensure information technology and, in particular, artificial intelligence contributes meaningfully to the fulfillment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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