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Coca-Cola Implements BHR Agenda
October 02, 2015
An interview with Coca-Cola's director of global workplace rights Brent Wilton reveals how the multinational corporation has responded to pressure by international organizations and activists by integrating the UN's business and human rights ("BHR") agenda into its operations.
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UN Working Group Seeks Tracking of BHR Initiatives
September 30, 2015
The UN Working Group on business and human rights ("BHR") issues has issued a report calling for a concerted effort to track government and corporate progress in implementing the UN's BHR agenda, including by using existing environmental and social measurement tools and by linking such measurement to the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals.
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NGOs Call for Reporting to End Corporate Tax Avoidance
September 30, 2015
The C20 Turkey, an alliance representing nongovernmental organizations throughout the G20 group of countries, has called for the G20 to commit to ensuring that corporate income is taxed where business activities take place and to promote public, country-by-country corporate reporting of all taxable income.
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GRI Tracks Progress on Corporate Sustainability Reporting
September 30, 2015
Following the UN General Assembly's adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), the Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") has introduced a tool that it says will help governments track the progress of companies in fulfilling a "target" of the SDGs that calls for corporate reporting on efforts toward "sustainability."
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Article Highlights BHR Litigation Dangers
September 23, 2015
An article published by the law firm Littler Mendelson explains how litigants in Canadian courts are using the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights ("BHR") and other BHR-related standards to which companies have agreed to adhere as evidence of an applicable "standard of care" in negligence claims.