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ISO Releases Building Energy Efficiency Standards
August 21, 2017
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has announced a new series of standards pushing businesses in the construction industry to increase energy efficiency in buildings around the world to help meet the UN's Paris climate deal pledges to limit global warming.
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Dutch Gold Producers Sign Due Diligence Pledge
August 21, 2017
The Dutch Government and a group of electronics manufacturers and jewelry makers have signed an International Responsible Business Conduct Agreement "to ensure greater respect for human rights, the environment and biodiversity" across the businesses' global supply chains through human rights and environmental "due diligence" procedures.
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NGOs Focus on Corporate Pressure to Advance Initiatives
August 21, 2017
An article from Alex Farrow of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations in the UK illustrates the strategy of a broad array of activist organizations to place pressure on large corporations to take "voluntary" actions to help advance their global human rights and equality initiatives.
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Developing Nations Create "Sustainable" Investment Guide
August 21, 2017
The African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States, an intergovernmental organization purporting to represent the interests of these regions, has developed, in partnership with the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), a set of "guiding principles" on policies that attract foreign investment contributing to the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.
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UN Agency Considers "Cultural Appropriation" Policies
August 21, 2017
Andrew O'Reilly writes that the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently hosted a debate regarding international standards aimed at preventing the "misappropriation" of cultural expressions by permitting indigenous peoples across the globe to trademark these expressions and prevent their use by businesses.
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