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NGOs Push Business Climate Action at Summit
June 27, 2016
CEO of The Climate Group Mark Kenber writes that, at the upcoming Business & Climate Summit, hosted by nongovernmental organizations and supported by the UN, NGO representatives will pressure businesses to adopt policies to implement the UN climate deal agreed in Paris last year.
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NGOs Call for EU Conflict Mineral Mandates
June 27, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations has published a letter arguing that current proposals for EU legislation on business use of "conflict minerals" from war-torn areas of Africa contravene global standards and calling on the bloc to impose due-diligence requirements on businesses that might use such minerals.
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WWF Pressures Companies on "Sustainable Sourcing"
June 23, 2016
Environmental nongovernmental organization WWF has expressed disappointment that consumer goods companies are not using its recommended standards for sourcing their products "sustainably" and calls on companies to report their timely measures on improving their sourcing.
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WWF Seeks Global Standards for "Green Bonds"
June 23, 2016
The environmental activist group WWF has called for stricter, industry-wide standards on what constitutes a "green bond," a financial instrument that funds environmentally friendly projects across the globe.
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NGO Criticizes "Investor Rights" in EU-Mexico Talks
June 23, 2016
The Transnational Institute has criticized plans for new talks on an updated EU-Mexico trade agreement that, according to TNI, would expand the rights of investors to challenge the decisions of democratically elected governments through a tribunal for investor-state disputes.
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