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World Bank Highlights Revenue from Carbon Taxation
June 10, 2016
In its most recent Carbon Pricing Watch report, the World Bank Group pointed to large amounts of revenue governments around the world have generated by taxing corporations for the amount of carbon emissions they generate.
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UN Working Group Calls for More BHR Action in Korea
June 10, 2016
Following an official visit to South Korea, the UN Working Group on business and human rights issues called on the Korean government to make greater strides toward implementing the UN's business and human rights agenda, including through a BHR "national action plan," and expressed concern on various human rights issues in Korean industries.
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New UN Platform Pressures Companies on Sustainability
June 10, 2016
A new initiative created by the UN Global Compact and UK corporation Volans called the Breakthrough Innovation Platform will pressure companies to develop new business models, including through the use of "big data," to help implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030.
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Lundin Petroleum Produces Sustainability Report
June 10, 2016
Swedish oil and gas company Lundin Petroleum has published its first annual Sustainability Report under the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative to demonstrate how it is working to implement the UN's social and environmental agenda.
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Activist Seeks State Action on Supply Chain Labor
June 09, 2016
Labor activist Claire Falconer writes that governments relying on a business-centered reporting system on forced work in their supply chains are shirking their duties to protect against labor exploitation and should produce regulations requiring businesses to respond to such problems.
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