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ICAO Emissions Deal Faces Skepticism
December 06, 2016
Zhang Chun writes that the International Civil Aviation Organization's agreement on a Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation is facing opposition from some officials and nongovernmental organizations for failing to sufficiently account for the impact of rising passenger demand in the aviation sector on global warming.
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NGO Criticizes Business Involvement in Fishing Governance
December 05, 2016
The Transnational Institute has published a paper calling for international organizations engaged in the global governance of fishing practices to avoid an approach based on property rights in favor of a "Human Rights Based Approach" that prioritizes small-scale fishers, and decrying the involvement of corporate stakeholders in these fishing governance processes.
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EU Agrees Regulation on Conflict Minerals Checks
December 05, 2016
EU institutions have agreed to a draft regulation requiring "all but the smallest" European importers of "conflict minerals" from war-torn areas of Africa to perform "due diligence" checks on the source of these minerals and "encouraging" large companies to publicly report on their mineral sourcing practices.
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EU Parliament Seeks Bank Information Disclosure
December 05, 2016
The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for EU rules providing for the automatic exchange of bank account owner information by EU member states to prevent tax avoidance in the bloc.
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UN Fund Pushes Broad Corporate Participation in SDGs
December 02, 2016
The UN-backed Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Fund has released a report calling on the UN to engage in "educating" businesses on the importance of their participation in the organization's initiatives on "sustainable development" and pushing partnerships between development actors and companies to achieve the comprehensive SDG agenda.
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