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NGOs Scrutinize Colombian BHR Action Plan
September 19, 2016
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable and Colombian nongovernmental organization Dejusticia have produced a document reviewing Colombia's national action plan for implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, criticizing the plan for vague terms and for failing to set timelines for achieving the BHR agenda.
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NGOs Decry EU Avoidance of BHR Treaty Talks
September 16, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations have organized a petition calling on European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to ensure that the EU lends credibility to negotiations over the text of a binding UN treaty requiring governments and companies to implement the global business and human rights agenda.
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Companies Face Expanding BHR Reporting Risks
September 16, 2016
Attorney James Wood of Herbert Smith Freehills writes that, as governments take up the UN's business and human rights agenda by broadening corporate disclosure requirements to include human rights impacts, companies face increased risks of running afoul of the law by not putting in place a proper BHR structure in their operations.
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Investment Companies Seek Reporting of Sugar Risks
September 16, 2016
Rathbone Greenbank Investments and asset manager Schroders have announced their cooperation on a project aiming to place more investor pressure on UK food and beverage companies to publicly disclose and consider the health impacts of the use of sugar in their products.
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Academic Pushes BHR "Engagement" by Manufacturers
September 16, 2016
Shareen Hertel of the University of Connecticut writes that companies operating abroad in the light manufacturing sector, including clothing production, should implement the "economic rights" element of the global business and human rights agenda through "stakeholder engagement" in affected communities.
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