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ISO Updates Standard on Clean Energy
August 14, 2017
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) organized a workshop at the intergovernmental Clean Energy Ministerial in June to update and strengthen its global standard on energy management systems pressuring businesses and other organizations to pursue action on climate change by reducing their energy use.
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NGOs Push for Human Rights Reform in Trade Deals
August 11, 2017
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable and the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations have published a paper calling for the reform of the "investor-state dispute settlement" system model, present in nearly all modern trade deals, to provide for accountability under the global human rights and environmental agendas.
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NGOs Provide Corporate Guidance on Forced Labor Law
August 11, 2017
A group of nongovernmental organizations has published four briefings providing guidance for companies on complying with requirements under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 to report efforts to end forced labor, including by providing a "robust" statement on "due diligence" efforts companies make to detect and address rights violations in their global supply chains.
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NGOs Call for EU Mandates on BHR in Finance Sector
August 11, 2017
A coalition of nongovernmental organizations has called on the EU to use its completion of the so-called "Capital Markets Union" to impose new regulations on the financial sector requiring broad "environmental, social, and governance" action, including public reporting, due diligence, and redress mechanisms in line with the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda.
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NGO Rates Fashion Companies on Reporting Practices
August 10, 2017
The nongovernmental organization Fashion Revolution has released a Fashion Transparency Index rating garment companies on their reporting of social and environmental policies, including their "efforts on living wages, collective bargaining, and reducing consumption of resources," in their global supply chains.
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