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UNICEF Issues Global Standards on Security, Child Rights
May 24, 2017
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and a group of governments and other stakeholders have produced a "checklist" of global standards for companies to use, in line with the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, to ensure the protection of child rights in security arrangements related to their operations.
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UN Pushes Latin American Food Companies on Nutrition
May 23, 2017
Identifying the "double burden" of obesity and undernutrition as an obstacle to the achievement of the comprehensive UN Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America, a report from two UN agencies calls for food companies in that region to "play a positive and responsible role" in making healthy food and educating consumers on nutrition.
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UNESCO Hosts "School" on Impacts of Plastic
May 22, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced its support of a "summer school" in Germany in July that will seek to further the UN's agenda on eliminating the production of certain types of plastics by bringing together government authorities and others to learn about the effects of plastic litter in marine ecosystems.
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Skeptics Question "Sustainable Finance" Products
May 18, 2017
Reuters reports that, while a report from an alliance of organizations advocating "sustainable investment" indicates a growing movement toward "ethical, sustainable and socially responsible" finance, skeptics of such investment products question whether they actually contribute to the global "sustainability" agenda.
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Microsoft, UN Partner on Rights-Monitoring
May 17, 2017
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and technology giant Microsoft have announced a five-year partnership to use enhanced technology to monitor human rights violations around the world and to promote broader corporate adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
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