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UN Observers: Adopt BHR Principles to Advance SDGs
September 21, 2017
Members of the UN Working Group on business and human rights (BHR) have called on businesses to adopt the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as a “roadmap” to pursue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by respecting human rights.
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UN, Tech Leaders Push for Innovative SDG Approach
September 21, 2017
The UN hosted a dialogue in which government officials and representatives from major tech companies stressed the need to harness technological innovation in pursuit of the UN's comprehensive social and environmental targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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New Zealand Directors' Manual Pushes BHR Agenda
September 21, 2017
Rob Stock writes that, in its recently published Four Pillars of Governance Best Practice, New Zealand's Institute of Directors include a chapter on how companies must implement the global business and human rights (BHR) agenda by, among other things, addressing and reporting on BHR risks in their operations and supply chains.
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NGOs: Lower Legal Barriers to BHR Remedies
September 21, 2017
A report from Amnesty International and the Business & Human Rights (BHR) Resource Centre examines recent legislative initiatives seeking to lower barriers to remedies for alleged victims of BHR violations and calls for further reforms to enhance access to remedy, including permitting corporate liability for subsidiary conduct and expanding corporate disclosure requirements.
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Editorial Seeks "Legal Warfare" Against Carbon Emitters
September 21, 2017
Referring to global warming as a "crime scene" and a "human rights emergency," an editorial in The Guardian calls for the expansion of "legal warfare" against companies that contribute to climate change and extreme weather events through their greenhouse gas emissions.
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