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Colombia Faces First Latin American Climate Lawsuit
February 02, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Dejusticia is supporting what it calls the first climate-change litigation in Latin America in the form of a lawsuit filed by Colombian youth demanding that their government respect their "rights to a healthy environment, life, health, food, and water" by halting deforestation of the Colombian Amazon rain forest.
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Companies Embrace Calls to Reduce Climate Impacts
February 02, 2018
Andrew Steer of the World Resources Institute and Grant Reid of food company Mars explain how businesses are responding to global pressure - from the UN, nongovernmental organizations, and governments - to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions in line with the 2015 UN Paris climate accord by signing up to UN climate initiatives and pledging "science-based" emissions targets.
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NGO Spotlights BHR Allegations in Chemical Industry
February 02, 2018
Demonstrating the interest of business and human rights (BHR) advocates in pushing corporate "due diligence" on a broad spectrum of social and environmental rights, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has published a briefing on allegations of human rights abuses by companies in the chemical industry against employees and local communities.
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NGOs Seek Business Action on Refugee Employment
February 02, 2018
The Center for Global Development and the Tent Foundation have published a report calling for companies to "move beyond corporate social responsibility" in accepting a mandate to increase employment of refugees in their business operations and supply chains and advance initiatives at gatherings like the World Economic Forum to increase refugees' "economic inclusion."
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Investors Push for Extension of Bangladesh Factory Accord
February 02, 2018
The Bangladesh Investor Initiative, organized by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility to promote an agreement signed by global fashion brands on fire and building safety in Bangladesh, has published a call for these brands to sign up to a three-year extension of the accord making them responsible for paying for factory safety in the country.
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