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UN Launches Digital Platform on Corporate SDG Action
September 19, 2018
The UN Global Compact, a “corporate sustainability” network aimed at advancing the UN’s social and environmental goals among the business community, has launched a digital platform called the Academy as a new tool to train business leaders how to help the UN achieve its expansive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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NGO Rankings Pressure Pension Funds on Climate Action
September 11, 2018
A nongovernmental initiative called the Asset Owners Disclosure Project has published a ranking of climate action by the world’s largest public pension funds, warning that 60 percent of these funds have “little or no strategy” on how they plan to comply with the global agenda aiming to restrict corporate greenhouse gas emissions.
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Germany Launches Monitoring of BHR Due Diligence
September 05, 2018
The German government has launched a three-year monitoring process to find whether German businesses are engaging in “human rights due diligence” measures as envisioned in the country’s business and human rights (BHR) action plan and to determine the need for mandatory BHR-oriented legislative measures.
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Observer Calls for Safeguards on Facial-Recognition Tech
September 05, 2018
Cynthia Wong of Human Rights Watch uses the Australian Parliament’s consideration of the expansion of law-enforcement reliance on facial-recognition technology to raise general concerns about the human rights implications of government and corporate use of such technology and the need for “explicit safeguards” regarding its implementation.
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Facebook Energy Pledge Aims to Fulfill UN Climate Agenda
September 04, 2018
Engadget reports on tech giant Facebook’s announcement that it will power its global operations with renewable energy by the end of the year 2020 and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent within that time frame, as part of a trend of ambitious climate commitments agreed by businesses since the signing of the UN’s 2015 Paris climate accord.
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