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WEF Touts Meeting's "Sustainability" Certification
February 06, 2018
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced that it received certification from an independent certification body for compliance with the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) standard for "sustainable event management" at its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January.
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WEF Panel: Corporate Tax Avoidance Is Rights Issue
February 06, 2018
In a panel at the World Economic Forum (WEF), representatives of nongovernmental organizations and academics characterized the collection of taxes from multinational corporations as a "justice" and "human rights" issue.
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UN Initiative Prioritizes Corporate Fulfillment of SDGs
February 05, 2018
Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Lise Kingo has issued an update recognizing the launch of a "Global Compact 3.0" initiative driving rapid corporate progress in contributing to the fulfillment of the all-encompassing UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the "collective blueprint for humanity."
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UN Initiatives Push for SDG Education in Business Schools
February 05, 2018
At a dinner hosted at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the UN Global Compact and Principles for Responsible Management Education called for business and management schools to "sensitize" students to "values like sustainability and responsibility" and include in their curricula lessons on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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OECD Highlights New Signatories to Treaty on Corporate Tax
February 05, 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is touting the recent signature of its Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Multilateral Convention by six governments, bringing to 78 the total number of jurisdictions that have signed the instrument aimed at amending bilateral tax treaties to combat tax avoidance by multinational corporations.
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