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UNGC Outlines Work Toward "Sustainability"
June 29, 2016
The UN Global Compact has published a report on how it will leverage its work toward the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and other global business standards to promote the achievement of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030.
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HKEX Announces New Reporting Provisions
June 28, 2016
Following new "comply or explain" provisions adopted for companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Global Reporting Initiative has released guidance for businesses attempting to navigate an array of complex, global sustainability reporting provisions.
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Attorney Praises Growing Influence of UNGPs
June 28, 2016
Sarah Altschuller of Foley Hoag LLP surveys the progress of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and governments' adoption and consideration of national BHR action plans in influencing the conduct of businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises, in the past five years.
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Article Pushes Carbon Tax to Reach UN Climate Targets
June 27, 2016
Two representatives of the Mercator Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change assert that national commitments under the recent UN climate deal are not enough to prevent catastrophic climate change and that therefore countries must introduce a coordinated tax on carbon emissions to counter global warming.
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UN Seeks BHR Action in State-Owned Businesses
June 27, 2016
The UN Working Group on business and human rights issues has published a report calling for governments to do more to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the operations of state-owned enterprises.
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