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NGO Seeks Reform of Trade System to Tackle “Tax Havens”
July 27, 2018
Open Society Foundations has published an article calling for the reform of global tax and international trade law systems - in addition to potentially using “extraterritorial application of human rights obligations” - to prevent the use by corporations and wealthy individuals of “tax havens” to reduce the proportion of their income they pay to governments.
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UNGC Launches Platform to Pressure Business on Oceans
July 27, 2018
Executive Director of UN Global Compact (UNGC) Lise Kingo recently announced the launch of an Action Platform on Sustainable Ocean Business, a three-year program aimed at pushing businesses to help fulfill the UN Sustainable Development Goals by ensuring their operations do not endanger the health of oceans.
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OECD: Hungary Must Embrace Green Energy
July 27, 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has called for Hungary to “raise its ambitions” on “greening its economy” by ramping up spending on renewable energy projects, installing climate-friendly transportation systems, and forcing companies to make more energy-efficient buildings.
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OECD Seeks Climate-Focused Agricultural Reform
July 27, 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a report calling on national governments to reform their agricultural support policies to reduce distortions and to help farmers, among other things, “enhance environmental performance, especially in the context of a changing climate.”
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ISO Publishes Standards on “Sustainability” of Cities
July 26, 2018
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently released a new set of global standards guiding policymakers on “measuring and improving the performance of cities” to ensure they comply with the comprehensive targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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