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EU Requires Pension Funds to Consider Climate
December 09, 2016
Reuters reports that legislation passed by the European Parliament, and set to be implemented in EU law, will require European pension funds to consider "environmental, social and governance risks," including the risk global climate policies pose to fossil fuels, when making investment decisions.
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World Bank Forms "Climate Business" Network
December 09, 2016
The World Bank Group's Climate Business Innovation Network, which will drive global climate funding toward "small and growing businesses" developing technology to help meet their countries' commitments under the UN's Paris climate deal, shows how international organizations are using private funding and businesses to support their agenda on global warming.
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WHO Candidates Propose Pressure on Medicine Prices
December 09, 2016
IP-Watch reports that two candidates for the position of Director of the UN's World Health Organization have both pointed to ways of placing pressure on pharmaceutical companies, through "social responsibility" measures and "price monitoring," to reduce the price of their medication around the world.
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UN Agents Seek Clampdown on Baby Formula Marketing
December 08, 2016
Arguing that countries "should be careful not to condemn or judge women" who do not breastfeed, a group of UN human rights mandate holders nonetheless label breastfeeding "a matter of human rights" for babies and call on governments to crack down on "misleading marketing practices" by businesses promoting the use of baby formula.
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UN Extracts Corporate Climate Plans at Summit
December 08, 2016
The UN Global Compact and other UN bodies convened a meeting at the recent climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, at which they reviewed corporate action plans on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris climate deal reached last year and launched a "solutions platform" to pressure companies to help meet national pledges under the deal.
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