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Academic Warns of Brexit Impacts on BHR Agenda
October 13, 2016
Anil Yilmaz Vastardis of the University of Essex writes that Britain's exit from the EU could permit the country's government to resurrect procedural obstacles for claims against multinational corporations based in the UK by overseas plaintiffs alleging violations of the business and human rights agenda.
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Media Company Produces Corporate Diversity, Inclusion Rankings
October 13, 2016
Using corporate environmental, social, and governance data on businesses around the world, media company Thomson Reuters has published a ranking of the top 100 publicly traded companies with the most "diverse and inclusive workplaces" to support financiers in choosing investment targets.
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Attorney Describes Growing BHR Pressure in Australia
October 12, 2016
Attorney Marina Kofman has published an article calling on lawyers in Australia, in the face of the growing transposition of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights into national laws and policies, to place pressure on businesses to implement the global BHR agenda in their operations around the world.
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NGO Announces Business Pledges on Climate Agenda
October 12, 2016
As the UN and activists maintain pressure on businesses to advance their agenda on combating climate change, the nongovernmental organization The Climate Group is touting several new corporate pledges to improve "energy productivity" and move to 100% renewable energy as part of the NGO's initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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NGOs Call for Primacy of BHR Treaty over Trade Deals
October 12, 2016
In advance of negotiations over a binding UN business and human rights treaty in Geneva in late October, a group of nongovernmental organizations have released a summary of a legal seminar in which participants called for a BHR treaty that addresses a wide range of legal issues and would take precedence over international trade and investment deals.
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