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Businesses Face Litigation over Disclosure Rules
September 02, 2015
Highlighting a lawsuit accusing Costco of violating the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act by selling prawns from Southeast Asia that were allegedly farmed using forced labor, attorneys from Squire Patton Boggs warn that businesses are increasingly at risk of litigation under multiplying corporate disclosure legislation and international standards.
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Countries Advance BHR Agenda Through UPR Process
September 02, 2015
Using a database produced by the website UPR Info, the Business and Human Rights ("BHR") Resource Centre shows how countries have been raising recommendations on how to improve the implementation of the global BHR agenda through the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review ("UPR") process.
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Academic Seeks Corporate Reporting to Aid BHR Lawsuits
September 02, 2015
Dr. Anil Yilmaz Vastardis of the University of Essex in the UK writes on a recent US case that demonstrates how public corporate reporting on business and human rights ("BHR") issues will force companies to provide information that may be helpful to the lawsuits of alleged victims of BHR violations.
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Lawyers: Businesses Must Manage Climate Impacts
September 02, 2015
Attorneys Sarah Barker and Jay Youngdahl write that following the release of a set of principles on "Global Climate Change Obligations" by a group of judges, ex-judges, advocates, and professors, companies are risking legal action if they do not properly manage the risk that their operations are contributing to global warming.
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GRI Presses Business Leaders on Sustainability Reporting
September 02, 2015
An invitation from the Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") to business leaders to join its "Corporate Leadership Groups" demonstrates how the organization is seeking members of the business community who will promote its message on how a corporate disclosure regime can promote a global "sustainable economy."
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