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MEPs Push "Social Dumping" Restrictions
October 05, 2016
During a recent session, Members of the European Parliament called for the bolstering of worker rights across the EU, seeking the prohibition of "exploitative practices" by European businesses seeking to avoid national regulations on minimum wages, benefits, and the "work-life balance."
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NGO Pushes BHR Agenda with Clinton, Trump
September 28, 2016
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable has called on this year's US presidential candidates to commit to advancing the UN's business and human rights agenda, including implementing a comprehensive "national action plan" on BHR issues currently in development by the Obama Administration.
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UN Pressures Polish Businesses on SDGs
September 22, 2016
Basing their action on the UN Environment Programme's Global Environment Outlook report, the Polish government and businesses have announced their cooperation on reducing air pollution and promoting "healthy lifestyles" in Poland to serve as a model for other European countries in implementing the UN's comprehensive "sustainable development" agenda.
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Apple Pushes Suppliers on Green Energy
September 22, 2016
As environmental activists' pressure persuades multinational companies that it is in their interests to pursue the global climate agenda, Apple has announced that it will assist, financially and otherwise, suppliers of its products in finding ways to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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ICC Expands Focus to Environmental Cases
September 21, 2016
The Guardian reports that the International Criminal Court has issued a policy paper signaling its intent to expand prosecutions to cases involving government and private sector actors engaged in "the destruction of the environment, the illegal exploitation of natural resources or the illegal dispossession of land."
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