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NGOs Issue "Call to Action" on Jewelry Supply Chains
February 14, 2018
A group of human rights activist NGOs has called on companies in the jewelry industry to do more to implement the global business and human rights agenda by employing "robust" due-diligence systems and publicly reporting their efforts to address human rights and environmental impacts in their complex supply chains.
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Church Investors Push Corporate Social, Environmental Action
February 14, 2018
The Church Investors Group, an association of pension funds for church organizations, has announced that its members will use their votes as corporate shareholders to push progressive business policies on executive pay, "living" wages, gender diversity, and action on global warming.
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UN Launches Gender Pay Coalition in Latin America
February 13, 2018
UN Women has announced the launch of an Equal Pay International Coalition for the Latin American and Caribbean regions, as part of a web of global initiatives aimed at reducing the pay gap between men and women in businesses around the world as part of the UN's comprehensive "sustainable development" agenda.
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UN, OECD Call for Equal-Pay Policies in Asia-Pacific
February 13, 2018
The UN's International Labour Organization (ILO), UN Women, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently unveiled a regional Equal Pay International Coalition calling on companies in Asia and the Pacific to equalize pay between men and women to help fulfill the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN, World Bank Push Garment Industry on Gender Policies
February 13, 2018
The UN-World Bank initiative Better Work has launched a five-year initiative pushing businesses in the garment industry to "empower" women, including by "promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights," and eliminate the pay gap between men and women.