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Attorney Examines National Initiatives on Forced Labor
May 04, 2016
Ron Reid of Shoosmiths LLP has published an update on national laws and proposed legislation seeking to make businesses liable for forced labor in their supply chains and requiring corporate due diligence to root out any such labor practices among their suppliers around the world.
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GRI Examines Materiality in Sustainability Reporting
May 04, 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI"), in affiliation with investment specialist RobecoSAM, have published research scrutinizing whether reporting by companies on the social and environmental impacts of their operations matches the needs of investors and calls for businesses to use GRI's sustainability reporting standards to ensure the relevance of such reports.
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UN Officials Seek Business Contribution to "Inclusive" Societies
May 02, 2016
At a business symposium ahead of UN Alliance of Civilizations' ("AOC") Global Forum in Baku, AOC chief Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser called on business leaders, by contributing to "interfaith understanding and peace," to advance more "inclusive" and tolerant societies around the world.
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NGOs Call for Development of Asian BHR Action Plans
May 02, 2016
At the recent Asian Region Business and Human Rights ("BHR") Forum, representatives from nongovernmental organizations called on Asian countries to develop national action plans to communicate how they plan to implement the UN's BHR and sustainability agendas.
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NGOs Pressure Canada on BHR in Mining Industry
April 29, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") has published a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeking his implementation of global business and human rights ("BHR") principles in the Canadian mining industry by, among other policies, creating a mechanism to investigate alleged BHR violations and easing the access of alleged victims to Canadian courts.
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