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WHO Report Blames Tobacco for Environmental Degradation
November 30, 2018
As part of the UN’s expansive campaign against tobacco products, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) secretariat for its tobacco control treaty has warned of the “tremendously destructive” impacts businesses engaged in tobacco production have on the environment, including through deforestation, soil degradation, and cigarette butt disposal.
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UNFCCC Relaunches Online Emissions Reduction Platform
November 29, 2018
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recently relaunched its online platform permitting companies to purchase offsets for their carbon emissions, with the funding sent to “green” projects in developing countries registered under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism to advance the global climate change agenda.
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Paper Proposes Redistributive German Climate Policy
November 29, 2018
The German Advisory Council on Global Change recently published a paper calling on the German government to pursue a “just & in-time” policy on climate change that would support lawsuits against companies to cover the costs of global warming-related damages.
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Article Shows Benefits of International Tax Competition
November 29, 2018
Romina Boccia and Julia Howe of the Heritage Foundation write, in response to proposals for globally agreed policies imposing minimum rates to solve the “collective action problem” of corporate taxation, that international tax competition is good for national economies and “creates an environment of greater innovation and prosperity” in countries with low taxes.
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UN Rights Observer Identifies Business Duties Throughout Supply Chain
November 29, 2018
As part of a statement praising electronics company Samsung for accepting an arbitration proposal from workers who fell ill after handling its products, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances Baskut Tuncak identified broad responsibilities of businesses to protect human rights “throughout the lifecycle of their products.”
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