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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.
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Business Coalition Seeks "Net Zero" Emissions by 2050
February 13, 2018
The global coalition of business, civil society, and labor leaders called the B Team has published a report assessing contributions of businesses to the fulfillment of the UN's climate change agenda and calling on companies to join an initiative aimed at achieving "net zero" emissions by the year 2050.
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EU Bank Targets Corporate Move on Gender Equality
February 12, 2018
The European Investment Bank (EIB) recently hosted an event to discuss its adoption last year of a Strategy for Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment, under which it has announced its creation of a "due diligence" framework and will determine how to produce a positive impact on gender equality in the corporate governance of its partners.
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US Foundation Launches Supply-Chain-Mapping Venture Fund
February 08, 2018
The Thomson Reuters Foundation reports that US foundation Humanity United, in partnership with corporations and the British government, has launched a $23-million venture fund called Working Capital to map the global supply chains of major companies and assist workers raise allegations regarding their subjection to forced labor.
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Chevron Questions Limited Scope of Cities' Climate Suit
February 08, 2018
Legal NewsLine reports that energy company Chevron has filed a third-party complaint against state-owned Norwegian oil company Statoil as it seeks to expand the scope of a lawsuit by various Californian municipalities alleging damages by a limited set of large oil and gas companies, including Chevron, related to their contribution to global warming.
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