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Attorney General Subpoenas Exxon's Contact with Civil Society
May 04, 2016
As a coordinated campaign continues among US state attorneys general to hold energy company ExxonMobil liable for allegedly false communications on the science of climate change, Attorney General of the US Virgin Islands Claude Walker has subpoenaed communications between Exxon and 90 organizations "engaged in research or advocacy" on global warming.
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OECD: Companies Must Support "Living Wage" in Supply Chain
May 04, 2016
Officials from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") have published a report calling on multinational corporations to use their influence over their suppliers to promote a "living wage" for workers in developing countries, as required by OECD, UN, and other global guidelines on the promotion of business and human rights standards.
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UN Network Promotes Guiding Principles in Japan
May 04, 2016
The UN Global Compact Network Japan has published a document outlining the history of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") and other global BHR initiatives and seeking to apply them in the context of the Japanese law, policy, and business environment.
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NGOs Decry Process of Global Tax Negotiations
May 04, 2016
An article from the Inter Press Service highlights how nongovernmental organizations are seeking to fund the global agenda of economic, social, and cultural human rights by calling for greater representation of developing countries at talks on the taxation of multinational companies and the creation of a global tax agency within the UN system.
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NGO Paper Explores "Disengagement" Under BHR Standards
May 04, 2016
The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations has published a paper considering when a corporation must cut ties with business partners in order to avoid contributing to violations of the global business and human rights ("BHR") agenda and to pressure companies with which they are linked to counter "adverse impacts."
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