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Businesses Respond to Activist Pressure on Climate Policy
October 09, 2015
The New York Times reports that pressure from environmental activists is having an effect on business and investment policies, as several major companies announce that they will sign pledges to reduce the effects of their operations on climate change and large investment managers have promised to remove the money they control from fossil fuel companies.
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UN Launches Guidelines for Businesses on Implementing SDGs
October 09, 2015
The UN Global Compact, with help from the Global Reporting Initiative and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, has developed the "SDG Compass," a set of guidelines on how corporations should contribute to the UN's recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") in their operations.
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Academic Proposes "ISDS Carve-out" in Climate Agreement
October 08, 2015
A recent report from Professor Gus Van Harten of Osgoode Hall Law School proposes that a UN deal on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to be agreed in late 2015 include a measure that would limit the ability of corporations, through Investor-State Dispute Settlement ("ISDS") mechanisms in trade agreements, to challenge government action on climate change.
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UN Forum Calls on Business to Implement SDGs
October 08, 2015
At the UN Global Compact's recent Private Sector Forum, UN, government, and business representatives discussed how companies around the world should implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") through a combination of economic, social, and environmental policies.
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Businesses Sign up to Coalition on Climate Change
October 08, 2015
Reflecting pressure on businesses from governments, activists, and international organizations to fight climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a group of companies have formed a coalition called "We Mean Business" vowing to counter global warming in their operations.
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