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Activists Call for Treaty with BHR Mandates
June 22, 2016
Arguing that the "voluntary" nature of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights has rendered them ineffective, two campaigners from the nongovernmental organization Friends of the Earth have called for a BHR treaty that applies international human rights law directly to corporate conduct.
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NGO Pushes Climate Action in Cement Industry
June 21, 2016
A report from CDP, which provides climate change research to institutional investors, finds that businesses in the cement industry must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid risks from government climate action under the UN deal agreed last year in Paris.
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M&S Publishes Human Rights, Supply Chain Reports
June 21, 2016
As human rights campaigners and the UN bring pressure on companies to publicly report their potential human rights impacts, retail company Marks & Spencer has published its first global supply chain map, produced a human rights report as required by the UN Global Compact, and launched a Human Rights Director Steering Group to manage human rights risks.
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Philippines Agency Reviews Climate Policies, Finance
June 21, 2016
At a recent Clean Energy Forum in the Philippines, Emmanuel De Guzman of the country's Climate Change Commission discussed the CCC's upcoming comprehensive review of government agency policies toward climate change and called for the financial industry to cease its contribution to fossil fuel projects.
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NGO Seeks Strong BHR Action Plan in Brazil
June 21, 2016
A report from nongovernmental organization Homa Centre for Human Rights and Business calls for a robust Brazilian national action plan on business and human rights that fully implements international human rights protections on behalf of alleged victims of rights violations.
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