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EU Bodies, NGOs Launch Rules for Sustainable Ocean Finance
March 29, 2018
The European Investment Bank, in partnership with the European Commission and nongovernmental organizations, recently launched the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles, a set of guidelines pushing the finance sector to embrace a broad social and environmental agenda related to ocean "sustainability."
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Ruggie Pushes for Swiss "Due Diligence" Rules
March 28, 2018
Identifying laws requiring corporations to perform "due diligence" on the human rights impacts of their operations and supply chains as the "new normal" in Europe and North America, Professor John Ruggie of Harvard University recently wrote in favor of an initiative seeking to impose due-diligence requirements on Swiss companies.
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NGO Announces Updates to BHR Benchmarking Method
March 28, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Corporate Human Rights Benchmark has announced updates to its methodology for the 2018 version of its global review of the compliance of companies from the agriculture, apparel, and extractives industries with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) and other global BHR initiatives.
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Apple Reports BHR Violations Among Global Suppliers
March 28, 2018
Technology giant Apple has embraced the movement for corporate reporting on the business and human rights (BHR) agenda by releasing a Supplier Responsibility Progress Report indicating that an audit of the company's global supply chain revealed "core violations" of labor and other rights.
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CoE Body Publishes Rights Guidelines for Internet Companies
March 28, 2018
The Council of Europe's (CoE) Committee of Ministers recently issued a set of policy guidelines on how governments should ensure internet intermediaries such as search engines and social media are fulfilling their human-rights responsibilities related to creating a "safe and enabling online environment."
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