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G-20 Declaration Seeks Minimum Wage, Labor Rights
July 20, 2016
A press release from the International Labour Organization welcomes a "Declaration on Innovation and Inclusive Growth" produced by national labor and employment ministers at a recent G-20 summit in Beijing that calls for countries to bolster wage growth by increasing minimum wages and advancing collective-bargaining rights.
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UNGC, Business Group Sign Deal on SDGs
July 20, 2016
The UN Global Compact and the International Chamber of Commerce have signed a memorandum of understanding pledging to work together to secure business participation in fulfilling the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals.
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Teachers' Fund Invests in Climate-Friendly Index
July 20, 2016
As activists increase pressure on investment funds to reduce their exposure to what they assert are risky carbon-emitting companies in the wake of the recent UN climate deal agreed in Paris, the California State Teachers' Retirement System has announced its decision to invest $2.5 billion of its funds in a "low-carbon index."
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NGOs Pressure Governments on Rights in Procurement
July 20, 2016
The International Corporate Accountability Roundtable and other organizations have published a survey of public procurement practices in 20 jurisdictions discussing to what extent governments have effectively implemented the UN's business and human rights agenda in all of their public procurement decisions.
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NGOs Call for Full Participation in Development Projects
July 20, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations has signed a petition calling on international finance institutions to ensure their right to participation in decisions on financing development initiatives and the inclusion of "economic, social and cultural rights in all their activities."
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