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NGOs Seek Rights Accountability in Development Finance
October 12, 2016
A recent workshop hosted by an academic institute and a group of nongovernmental organizations attempted to resolve how local communities and governments could hold development project financiers to global standards related to the business and human rights agenda.
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Attorneys Spotlight Corporate Legal Risk of BHR Agenda
October 11, 2016
Emilie Bundock and Kevin O'Callaghan of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP assert that growing corporate acceptance of the global business and human rights agenda has contributed to the need for businesses to construct "robust human rights policies" and could lead to BHR obligations becoming enforceable as part of customary international law.
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NGO Pushes Climate-Friendly Reforms in Development Finance
October 11, 2016
A report from the nongovernmental organization Christian Aid calls on multilateral development banks to hasten their plans to phase out development finance for businesses and projects involving fossil fuel-based energy in order to help implement the global agendas on combating climate change and on advancing "sustainable development."
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GRI Report Calls for Business Monitoring of SDG Impacts
October 11, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative and Business Call to Action have produced a report calling on governments to place pressure on businesses to monitor and report their impacts on the UN Sustainable Development Goals to help fulfill the Goals' comprehensive economic and social agenda.
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Politician Backs NGO Push for UN Tax Body
October 05, 2016
An article from President of Ecuador Rafael Correa echoes calls from global NGOs and activists for the creation of a UN tax body that puts an end to the "global financial conspiracy" of business and individual use of so-called "tax havens" and puts the funds toward reducing economic inequality.
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