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UN Launches Gender Certification Initiative in Asia
December 15, 2016
The UN Development Programme has launched its Gender Equality Seal Programme for Public and Private Enterprises, which signs cooperating businesses to a pledge to develop an action plan toward women's empowerment in their operations, for companies in the Asia-Pacific region.
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NGOs Seek Corporate BHR Reporting Rules in UK
December 15, 2016
A coalition of nongovernmental organizations called CORE has praised the UK government's planned consideration of rules that would require corporations to report on their social and environmental impacts as part of the government's corporate governance consultations, in line with the global business and human rights (BHR) reporting agenda.
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EU Parliament Investigates McDonald's "Flexi-jobs"
December 15, 2016
The Brussels Times reports that the European Parliament's Committee on Petitions has announced its investigation of McDonald's employment conditions in Belgium following complaints by trade unions and others about the impacts of the company's "flexi-jobs" program on workers' rights and social security.
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NGOs Seek Stronger French BHR Diligence Plan
December 15, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations called the European Coalition for Corporate Justice has praised a French bill, passed by the country's National Assembly, requiring corporate "due diligence" to counter business and human rights (BHR) impacts but calls for stronger provisions on remedies for alleged victims of BHR violations.
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Philippines Body Sets Hearings on Climate Rights
December 14, 2016
Reflecting the efforts of activists and international organizations to link climate change with the global human rights agenda, the Philippines Commission on Human Rights has announced that it will hold in April 2017 its first hearings on whether a group of major energy companies is responsible for the human rights impacts of global warming.
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