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ILO Convenes Meeting on Governance of Work
March 22, 2018
The International Labour Organization (ILO) recently convened the second meeting of its Global Commission on the Future of Work to focus on a broad range of issues, including gender parity in employment and "universal social protection," on which global-governance proponents will focus their efforts in the years ahead.
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OECD Presses Brazil on Cross-Border Tax Standards
March 22, 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Government of Brazil have launched a 15-month work program studying how Brazil should reform its tax policies to move toward international standards on the treatment of cross-border transactions.
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OECD Criticizes Low Rate of Carbon Taxation
March 22, 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a report pushing governments to ramp up taxes on greenhouse gas emissions to combat global warming in line with the UN climate deal agreed in 2015.
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UN Launches Pilot Project on Climate Reporting in Finance
March 21, 2018
UN Environment has partnered with nine institutional investors to pilot the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures to pave the way for expansive public reporting on investors' exposure to the catastrophic risks of climate change across the finance industry.
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EU Council Approves Tightening of Carbon Permit System
March 21, 2018
The Council of the EU has approved new rules, applicable from the year 2021, for the EU's Emissions Trading System aiming to increase financial pressure on companies involved in the emission of greenhouse gases by ramping up the price of carbon permits under the system.
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