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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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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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