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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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UN Officials Tout Initiatives for Gender Equality in Business
March 27, 2018
UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner and Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka outline the UNDP's Gender Equality Seal, certifying companies sufficiently committed to gender parity, and the UN Women's Empowerment Principles as ways in which the UN is seeking to end discrimination against women in the private sector.
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Dutch Report Reviews Progress on BHR Initiatives in Europe
March 27, 2018
The Dutch government recently commissioned a study examining the extent to which the EU institutions and five European governments have worked toward implementing business and human rights (BHR) initiatives in line with the UN Guiding Principles on BHR, noting progress in areas such as BHR due diligence and corporate reporting requirements.
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Shareholders Push Rio Tinto on Coal Lobbying
March 27, 2018
The Guardian reports that shareholders in Australian-British mining group Rio Tinto, including large, institutional investors, are pushing the company to end its membership in various trade groups that lobby for government policies in favor of coal production that they say threaten the global climate-change agenda.
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