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Ministers Counter EU Official's Criticism of Tax Policies
March 14, 2018
Politico reports that finance ministers recently called out European Commissioner for taxation Pierre Moscovici for publicly criticizing their governments' alleged facilitation of "aggressive" corporate tax planning, as EU officials ramp up their implementation of the global agenda against corporate tax avoidance to fund social and welfare programs.
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Consultancy Publishes BHR Guidelines for Law Societies
March 09, 2018
Spanish consultancy Sustentia Social Innovation has published guidelines for European law societies on how they and their attorney members should advocate a broad array of legal and other measures to contribute to the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR).
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NGO Projects Aim for Gender Focus in BHR Measures
March 09, 2018
The Danish Institute for Human Rights has launched two projects pushing governments to "strengthen their gender focus" in their implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (BHR) by "mapping" BHR issues that specifically affect women and exploring how to strengthen women's engagement with the extractives industry.
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OSCE Guidelines Seek Corporate Supply-Chain Reporting
March 09, 2018
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has issued a set of model guidelines for governments to pressure companies to rid their supply chains of forced labor through such measures as requiring public reporting on their efforts against unethical labor practices and sanctions against businesses that do not comply.
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Total Pledges Public Reporting of Extractives Contracts
March 09, 2018
Highlighting the trend of companies in the extractives industry bowing to activist pressure seeking more data to underpin their criticism of lucrative oil, gas, and mining deals, French energy company Total has announced that it will publish details from all its government extractives contracts and has called on all governments to do the same.
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