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NGO Measures Business Involvement in SDGs
August 29, 2016
As his nongovernmental organization Ethical Corporation publishes a survey of businesses around the world on their commitment to fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Liam Dowd expresses concern that fewer than half of companies plan to engage with their governments in helping to realize the comprehensive SDG agenda.
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NGOs Push for Australian BHR Action Plan
August 29, 2016
Amy Sinclair of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights writes that Australia should take heed of a recent meeting on business and human rights by the Australian Human Rights Commission and UN-affiliated Global Compact Network Australia and develop a national action plan on implementing the UN Guiding Principles on BHR.
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EU Adopts Directive on Corporate Tax Avoidance
August 29, 2016
The Council of the EU has adopted a directive that will require governments to amend rules regarding the taxation of corporate interest and the cross-border shifting of revenue in order to clamp down on corporate tax avoidance across Europe.
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NGO Calls for Preemptive Corporate Tax Reporting
August 26, 2016
Michael Solomon of the nongovernmental business transparency organization Responsible 100 writes that the solution for businesses facing activist complaints regarding their tax payments is to publicly disclose how "responsible" they are on taxes and to persuade the activists that they are paying their fair share.
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NGOs Pressure Development Banks on Tax
August 26, 2016
Matti Kohonen of Christain Aid reflects on how pressure from nongovernmental organizations has been partially successful in influencing World Bank and International Monetary Fund decisions to call for clampdowns on corporate tax avoidance but calls for more actions from these development banks on ensuring that businesses pay to reduce inequality.
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