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UN Office Sets Corporate Standards on LGBTI Action
October 04, 2017
In partnership with the activist organization Institute for Human Rights and Business, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has produced a set of global Standards of Conduct on the responsibility of businesses to protect and promote the rights of LGBTI people in the workplace and through community advocacy.
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UNGC, GRI Launch Framework for SDG Reporting
September 27, 2017
The UN Global Compact (UNGC) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) have released a report that provides a corporate framework to measure and report contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the first step toward a uniform tool of comparison across businesses.
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US Halts Corporate Race, Gender Pay Reporting
September 22, 2017
The Washington Post reports that the Trump Administration has preemptively halted the implementation of a rule adopted by the previous administration requiring companies with over 100 employees to report salary data on the basis of race and sex to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Lawyer Seeks Investor Pressure on Labor Rights
September 22, 2017
Dr. Fiona David of the Walk Free Foundation writes that, in order to ensure compliance with proliferating laws requiring reporting and "due diligence" on forced labor, investors must demand that companies in which they invest put in place policies aimed at ensuring respect for labor rights in their operations and supply chains.
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Norwegian Banks Dispute NGO Pressure on Pipeline
September 22, 2017
Reuters reports that a group of Norwegian financial entities have disputed a legal claim from Energy Transfer Partners LP that they divested from its Dakota Access Pipeline project as a result of pressure from activist organizations, asserting that the decision was based instead on the "unacceptable risk of contributing to serious or systematic human rights violations."
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